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| |name = ''Prolibytherium'' | |name = ''Prolibytherium'' | ||
| |image=Prolibytherium.jpg | |||
| |image_caption=Artist's interpretation of ''Prolibytherium'' | |||
| |fossil_range = Early ] | |fossil_range = Early ] | ||
| |regnum = ]ia | |regnum = ]ia | ||
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| Prolibytherium Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Climacoceratidae |
| Genus: | Prolibytherium |
| Species: | Prolibytherium magnieri (Arambourg, 1961) |
Prolibytherium ("Before Libya's Beast") is an extinct artiodactyl ungulate native to Early Miocene North Africa, from around 16.9 to 15.97 million years ago.
The 1.80 m (6 ft) long creature was related to the modern giraffe and okapi. Unlike these, however, Prolibytherium had a set of large, leaf-shaped ossicones with a width of 35 cm (1 ft 2 in). These were probably used for display and fights, much like the antlers of a deer.
It was once regarded as a giraffid. Specifically, it was once regarded as the ancestral form of the African species of Sivatherium (S. maurusium), when it was originally described as "Libytherium." Prolibytherium is now regarded as a climacoceratid, due to the formation of its wide, palmate ossicones.
References
- "Prolibytherium Arambourg, 1961". GBIF.org. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- "Prolibytherium". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 278. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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