Palaeogiraffa

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Palaeogiraffa
Temporal range: Late Miocene Tortonian to Messinian, 9.7–8.7 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: †Palaeogiraffa

Palaeogiraffa is an extinct genus of giraffidae. It was first named by Bonis and Bouvrain in 2003, and contains one species, P. major. It has only been found at a fossil site in Yulafli, in Turkey.[1]

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Palaeogiraffa". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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