Injanatherium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

|fossil_range = Early to Middle Miocene

|image = Injanatherium arabicum 2.jpeg

|image_caption = I. arabicum

|taxon = Injanatherium

|authority = Heintz, 1981

|type_species = Injanatherium hazimi

|type_species_authority =

}}

Injanatherium is an extinct genus of giraffids from the Miocene of 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. Saudi Arabia,[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238385162_Les_Giraffidae_Artiodactyla_Mammalia_d'Al_Jadidah_du_Miocene_moyen_de_la_Formation_Hofuf_province_du_hasa_arabie_saoudite 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. Species of Injanatherium had at least two pairs of long, wing-like ossicones that emanated laterally above the orbits.

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 Baghdad. 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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