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    Samotherium ("beast of Samos") is an extinct genus of Giraffidae from the Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia and Africa. Samotherium had two ossicones on...
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    Major, 1888 †Samotherium eminens (Alexajew, 1916) [Chersenotherium eminens Alexajew, 1916] †Samotherium major Bohlin, 1926 †Samotherium neumayri (Rodler...
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    Canthumeryx, Giraffokeryx, Palaeotragus, and Samotherium. According to palaeontologist and author Kathleen Hunt, Samotherium split into Okapia (18 million years...
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    Tribe Palaeotragini Subtribe Palaeotragina †Giraffokeryx †Palaeotragus †Samotherium Subtribe Okapiina Okapia http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Antilocapridae...
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    Sivatherium and Bramatherium. Giraffids like Palaeotragus, Shansitherium and Samotherium appeared 14 mya and lived throughout Africa and Eurasia. These animals...
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    epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium. The genus consists of the following species: Shansitherium fuguensis...
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    ossicones †Palaeotragus (1–0 pairs) – Some species lacked ossicones †Samotherium (1 pair) †Shansitherium (1 pair) †Sivatherium (2 pairs) Climacoceratidae...
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    depictions of the Monster of Troy may have been influenced by fossils of Samotherium, an extinct species of giraffe whose fossils are common in the Mediterranean...
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    schlosseri an ancient giraffid Miotragocerus sp. an extinct antelope Samotherium sp. an ancient giraffid Lower part Shaanxispira sp. an ancient bovid...
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    mythological Greek hero Heracles, somewhat resembles the skull of the giraffid Samotherium. Witton considered that because the painting has significant differences...
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  • Taxa Species Locality Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Paleotragus P. aff. germaini Samotherium S. cf. sp....
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  • Samotherium skull angled view from the Natural History Museum collections...
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    Fossils of more than 60 species were found, including Chilotherium, Samotherium, Machairodus, and Lagomeryx. It was discovered in 1928 by palaeontologist...
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    and six artiodactyls (Cervavitus novorossiae, Procapreolus latifrons, Samotherium cf. irtyshense, Paleotragus (Yuorlovia) asiaticus, Tragoportax sp., Gazella...
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    and six artiodactyls (Cervavitus novorossiae, Procapreolus latifrons, Samotherium cf. irtyshense, Paleotragus (Yuorlovia) asiaticus, Tragoportax sp., Gazella...
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  • Genus Amotherium Amotherium africanum (Miocene) Genus Samotherium (Miocene–Pliocene) Samotherium boissieri (Pliocene) Genus Sivatherium Sivatherium giganteum...
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  • Palaeotragus P. decepiens An early giraffid P. microdon An early giraffid Samotherium S. decipiens An early giraffid Tetralophodon T. exoletus A ten-foot tall...
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    wimani), seven artiodactyls (Chleuastochoerus stehlini, Dicrocerus sp., Samotherium sp., Honanotherium schlosseri, Gazella sp., Hezhengia bohlini, and Miotragocerus...
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  • tafeli is published by Hou et al. (2019), who compare this taxon with Samotherium boissieri. Description of an almost complete skull and a second partial...
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  • Postcranial remains and first almost complete skulls of members of the genus Samotherium are described from the Middle Maragheh sequence (northwest Iran) by Parizad...
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