Mitilanotherium

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

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

Mitilanotherium Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
An outline of Mitilanotherium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Mitilanotherium
Species
M. inexpectatum

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]

Taxonomy

Some studies have suggested that Mitilanotherium is a junior synonym of Palaeotragus.^[2]