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Giraffoidea is a
superfamily that
includes the
families Climacoceratidae, Prolibytheriidae, and Giraffidae. The only
extant members in the superfamily...
- thermoregulation.
Ossicones are only
found in some
members of the
superfamily Giraffoidea,
which includes the
family Giraffidae (to
which giraffes, okapi, and...
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Giraffes from the
Miocene of
Africa and a
Revision of the
Phylogeny of the
Giraffoidea".
Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London.
Series B...
- antelopes)
Parvorder Giraffomorpha Family †Palaeomerycidae
Superfamily Giraffoidea Family Giraffidae (giraffes and okapi)
Family †Climacoceratidae Pecorans...
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containing the
superfamilies Palaeomerycoidea (Palaeomerycidae) and
Giraffoidea (Giraffidae,
Prolibytheriidae and Climacoceratidae), of
which the giraffe...
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recent research differentiates the
dromomerycids from the
Giraffomorpha (
Giraffoidea and Palaeomerycoidea) by the lack of
sutures on the
skull roof that typically...
- a new family,
placing it
close to
Giraffidae within the
superfamily Giraffoidea. They
differ from
giraffes in that
their antler-like
ossicones are derived...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Artiodactyla Superfamily:
Giraffoidea Family:
Giraffidae Gray, 1821 Type
genus Giraffa Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamilies...
- palaeomerycid, or
either as a climacoceratid, or as a
basal member of
Giraffoidea. With the
discovery and
study of a
female skull in 2010, Prolibytherium...
- the
other ranks in the
family group (family Giraffidae,
superfamily Giraffoidea,
subfamily Giraffinae).
Author citations for such
names (for example...
