Giraffa priscilla
Extinct species of giraffe
Giraffa priscilla Temporal range: Middle Miocene 13.7–11.1 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Giraffidae |
Genus: | Giraffa |
Species: | †G. priscilla |
Binomial name | |
†Giraffa priscilla Pilgrim, 1911 |
Giraffa priscilla is an extinct species of Miocene giraffe that lived on the Indian subcontinent. In 2014, new fossil remains were described in Pakistan.[2]