Progiraffa

Progiraffa; Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Progiraffa

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Progiraffa is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyls from the Early Miocene of Pakistan.^[1] It was first named by Pilgrim in 1908. It resembled more like a horse instead of an giraffe. It may have fed on vegetation found in its open-field habitat.

References

^ Aftab, Kiran; Khan, Muhammad Akbar; Ahmad, Zaheer; Akhtar, Muhammad (2016-04-02). "Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 40 (2): 207–215. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295. ISSN 0311-5518.

External links

Progiraffa at the Paleobiology Database

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[1] Aftab, Kiran; Khan, Muhammad Akbar; Ahmad, Zaheer; Akhtar, Muhammad (2016-04-02). "Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 40 (2): 207–215. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295. ISSN 0311-5518.

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