''Injanatherium'' is an extinct genus of

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s from the Miocene of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

,HEINTZ, E., M. BRUNET, and S. SEN. "A NEW GIRAFFID FROM IRAQ UPPER MIOCENE INJANATHERIUM-HAZIMI NG N-SP." COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES 292.4 (1981): 357-360.

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,Morales, J., D. Soria, and H. Thomas. "Les Giraffidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) d'Al Jadidah du Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (province du hasa, arabie saoudite)." Geobios 20.4 (1987): 441-467. and

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. Species of ''Injanatherium'' had at least two pairs of long, wing-like

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s that emanated laterally above the

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Species

''I. hazimi''

''I. hazimi'' is the type species, originally described by Heintz, et al., in 1981, on the basis of a partial skull found in middle Miocene-aged strata of Injana, Iraq, about 140 km north of

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. The ossicones are broad and more massive in comparison to ''I. arabicum''.

''I. arabicum''

''I. arabicum'' is a second species initially described from a partial skull from early Miocene-aged strata of Saudi Arabia, then later from material found in similarly aged strata from Pakistan. Its ossicones are more triangular and less massive in comparison to ''I. hazimi''.

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''Injanatherium''
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