Mitilanotherium

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

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The mandible (the lower jaw bone) of Mililanotherium sp.

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]

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

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