Samotherium
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: †Samotherium
Species:
†S. boissieri –
†S. borissiaki –
†S. eminens –
†S. expectans –
†S. irtyshense –
†S. korotkevichae –
†S. maeoticum –
†S. major –
†S. mongoliense –
†S. neumayri –
†S. sinense
Species excludendae:
†S. africanum –
†S. pamiri
Name
[edit]Samotherium Forsyth Major, 1888: 1181
Type species: Samotherium boissieri
Synonymy
[edit]- Chersonotherium Alexejev, 1915
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Forsyth Major, C.I. 1888. Sur un gisement d’ossements fossiles dans l'île de Samos, contemporains de l'âge de Pikermi. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 107(27): 1178–1182. BHL Reference page.
- Alexejev, A.K. 1915. Фауна позвоночных д. Ново-Елизаветовки [Vertebrate Fauna of Novo-Elizavetovka]. Pp. 1–432. Odessa. Reference page.