''Shansitherium'' ("beast of Shanxi")Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation) is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of superficially

moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult ma ...

-like or antelope-like giraffids from the late

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

epoch In chronology and periodization, an epoch or reference epoch is an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular calendar era. The "epoch" serves as a reference point from which time is measured. The moment of epoch is usually decided by ...

of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus ''

Samotherium ''Samotherium'' ("beast of Samos") is an extinct genus of Giraffidae from the Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia and Africa. ''Samotherium'' had two ossicones on its head, and long legs. The ossicones usually pointed upward, and were curved backwar ...

''.

Species

The genus consists of the following species: * '' Shansitherium fuguensis'' * '' Shansitherium tafeli'' * '' Shansitherium quadricornis''Bohlin, K., 1926. Über den veränderlichen Stern BC (7.1926) Ophiuchi. Astronomische Nachrichten, 229, p.65.

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* Prehistoric giraffes Miocene mammals of Asia Miocene even-toed ungulates Miocene genus extinctions Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera {{Paleo-eventoedungulate-stub