Climacoceratidae

Climacoceratidae
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Climacoceratidae
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Comparación del Palaeotragus con el Climacoceras
Clasificación científica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Mammalia
Orden: Artiodactyla
Superfamilia: Giraffoidea
Familia: Climacoceratidae
Hamilton, 1978
Genera
  • Climacoceras MacInnes, 1936
  • Orangemeryx
  • Prolibytherium
  • Propalaeoryx
  • Nyanzameryx
  • Sperrgebietomeryx
  •  ?Canthumeryx

Los climacocerátidos (Climacoceratidae, gr. "cuernos de escalera") son una familia extinta de mamíferos artiodáctilos que se limitan al Mioceno de África. Están más cerca de los antepasados de las jirafas, con algunos géneros, como Prolibytherium.

El climacocerátidos fueron colocados originalmente dentro de la familia Palaeomerycidae y, luego, en Giraffidae. En 1978, Hamilton creó una nueva familia, colocándola cerca de la familia Giraffidae.

Se diferencian de las jirafas porque la cornamenta está derivada en diferentes huesos.

Referencias

MacInnes, D. G. 1936, "A new genus of fossil deer from the Miocene of Africa", Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 39: 521-530.

  • Hamilton, W. R., 1978, "Cervidae and Palaeomerycidae", 495-508, in Maglio, V. J. & Cooke, H. B. S., (eds.) "Evolution of African mammals", Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1978, xiv-641

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