| 词条 | Honanotherium |
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| name = Honanotherium | fossil_range = Late Miocene | image = Honanotherium schlosseri.jpg | image_caption = skull | taxon = Honanotherium | authority = Bohlin, 1927 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
}} Honanotherium is a genus of extinct giraffid from the late Miocene of Henan Province, China, and East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran.[1][2] It was closely related to Bohlinia and was once thought to be ancestral to the modern giraffe (genus Giraffa). The living animal would have resembled a modern giraffe, but, somewhat shorter, and with more massive ossicones. The first part of the generic name, honano refers to the Henan ({{zh|c=河南 |p=Húnán}}) province of China, where the first specimens were recovered. the second part, therium, comes from the Greek, θηρίον which means "beast." PaleobiologyLike the modern-day giraffe, Honanotherium may have grazed on low-lying trees in the savannah environment, although its shorter neck shows that it probably fed on different plants than the extant giraffe. References1. ^Bohlin, B. 1927. Die Familie Giraffidae. Pal. Sinica, Ser. C, IV, Fasc. 1, various pages. {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub}}2. ^1 Nikos Solounias and Melinda Danowitz (2016). "The Giraffidae of Maragheh and the identification of a new species of Honanotherium". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. in press. doi:10.1007/s12549-016-0230-7. 5 : Prehistoric giraffes|Miocene mammals of Asia|Miocene even-toed ungulates|Prehistoric mammal genera|Fossil taxa described in 1927 |
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