Shansitherium

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi")^[2] is an extinct genus of superficially moose-like or antelope-like giraffids from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Shansitherium Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Shansitherium
Species
†S. fuguensis †S. quadricornis[1] †S. tafeli[2]

Species

Illustration of Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon

The genus consists of the following species:

• Shansitherium fuguensis
• Shansitherium tafeli^[2]
• Shansitherium quadricornis^[1]