Mitilanotherium Explained

Mitilanotherium is an extinct genus of giraffes from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe.

It was a medium-sized giraffid, resembling the modern okapi, with two long ossicones directly above its eyes, and relatively long and slender limbs. Fossils have been found in Greece, Romania, Ukraine, and Spain.^[1]

References

• Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell

Notes and References

1. Lyras . George . VandeGeer, A.A.E. . The Late Pliocene vertebrate fauna of Vatera (Lesvos Island, Greece) . Cranium . 24 . 2 . 11–24 . 2007 . 2009-02-07.