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

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]

Taxonomy

Some studies have suggested that Mitilanotherium is a junior synonym of Palaeotragus.^[2]

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 7 February 2009.
^ Athanassiou, Athanassios (2014). “New girafid (Artiodactyla) material from the Lower Pleistocene locality of Sésklo (SE Thessaly, Greece): evidence for an extension of the genus Palaeotragus into the Pleistocene”. Zitteliana. 32: 71–89. doi:10.5282/UBM/EPUB.22388. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via Open Access LMU.

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

[rdp-we-cite_note-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 7 February 2009.

[rdp-we-cite_note-2] Athanassiou, Athanassios (2014). “New girafid (Artiodactyla) material from the Lower Pleistocene locality of Sésklo (SE Thessaly, Greece): evidence for an extension of the genus Palaeotragus into the Pleistocene”. Zitteliana. 32: 71–89. doi:10.5282/UBM/EPUB.22388. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via Open Access LMU.

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