Progiraffa
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = Early Miocene
| taxon = Progiraffa
| authority = Pilgrim, 1908
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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Progiraffa is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyls from the Early Miocene of Pakistan.{{Cite journal |last1=Aftab |first1=Kiran |last2=Khan |first2=Muhammad Akbar |last3=Ahmad |first3=Zaheer |last4=Akhtar |first4=Muhammad |date=2016-04-02 |title=Progiraffa (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Giraffidae) from the Lower Siwalik Subgroup (Miocene) of Pakistan |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295 |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=207–215 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1109295 |bibcode=2016Alch...40..207A |issn=0311-5518|url-access=subscription }} It was first named by Guy Ellcock Pilgrim in 1908. It resembled a horse more than a giraffe. It lived in an open habitat.
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42705 Progiraffa] at the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
Category:Miocene mammals of Asia
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1908
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