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,<ref name=iinjana>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.</ref> Saudi Arabia,<ref name=iarabia>[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.]</ref> 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.<ref name=iinjana /> The ossicones are broad and more massive in comparison to ''I. arabicum''.<ref name=iarabia />

===''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''.<ref name=iarabia />

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==External links== * [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42701 ''Injanatherium''] at the Paleobiology Database

Category:Prehistoric Giraffidae Category:Miocene Artiodactyla Category:Neogene animals of Asia Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera