Mitilanotherium

Mitilanotherium; Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
	An outline of Mitilanotherium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Mitilanotherium
Species
	M. inexpectatum

Mitilanotherium is an extinct genus of giraffes from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe.

The mandible (the lower jaw bone) of *Mililanotherium* sp.

It was a medium-sized giraffid, resembling the modern okapi, with two long ossicones directly above its eyes, and relatively long and slender limbs. Fossils have been found in Greece, Romania, Ukraine, and Spain.^[1]

References

^ Lyras, George; VandeGeer, A.A.E. (2007). "The Late Pliocene vertebrate fauna of Vatera (Lesvos Island, Greece)" (PDF). Cranium. 24 (2): 11–24. Retrieved 2009-02-07.

Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell

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[1] Lyras, George; VandeGeer, A.A.E. (2007). "The Late Pliocene vertebrate fauna of Vatera (Lesvos Island, Greece)" (PDF). Cranium. 24 (2): 11–24. Retrieved 2009-02-07.

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