Title:

New stem giraffoid ruminants from the early and middle Miocene of Namibia

Publication Year:
1999
Abstract:

At the early and middle Miocene localities of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia, new material of climacoceratid ruminants have been collected recently. From Elisabethfeld we describe new material belonging to Propalaeoryx austroafricanus Stromer, 1926, together with a new genus and species of climacoceratid Sperrgebietomeryx wardi n. gen., n. sp., a species without frontal appendages close to Propalaeoryx and to primitive early Miocene European ruminants such as Andegameryx. From the locality of Arrisdrift, we define another new genus and species of climacoceratid with frontal appendages, Orangemeryx hendey n. gen., n. sp., characterized by its complex tined frontal apophyses. Comparison of the dentition and postcranial skeleton of this genus and those of Sperrgebietomeryx suggests a close phylogenetic relationships between them. Keywords: Ruminantia, Giraffoidea, Climacoceritidae, Miocene, Namibia.

Publication Title:
Géodiversitas
Volume:
21
Issue:
2
Pages:
229-253
Item Type:
Journal Article
Language:
en
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