- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 3 Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 4 Geochronology
- 5 Small Mammals
- 6 Cercopithecidae
- 7 Hominidae
- 8 Carnivora
- 9 Bovidae
- 10 Suidae
- 11 Hippopotamidae
- 12 Giraffi dae
- 13 Equidae
- 14 Rhinocerotidae
- 15 Proboscidea
- 16 Tubulidentata
- 17 Paleoenvironment
- 18 Paleobiogeography
- 19 Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution
- 20 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Giraffi dae
Giraffi dae
- Chapter:
- (p.388) (p.389) 12 Giraffi dae
- Source:
- Ardipithecus kadabba
- Author(s):
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter describes the giraffid remains in the Middle Awash late Miocene deposits. The family Giraffidae is represented by two modern genera (Okapia and Giraffa) in Africa. Giraffids first appear in Africa south of the Sahara sometime toward the end of the middle Miocene. During the late Miocene, however, giraffines, which were also abundant in western Eurasia, dominated the giraffid community of eastern Africa.
Keywords: giraffid, Middle Awash, Giraffidae, Okapia, Giraffa, giraffines
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 3 Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 4 Geochronology
- 5 Small Mammals
- 6 Cercopithecidae
- 7 Hominidae
- 8 Carnivora
- 9 Bovidae
- 10 Suidae
- 11 Hippopotamidae
- 12 Giraffi dae
- 13 Equidae
- 14 Rhinocerotidae
- 15 Proboscidea
- 16 Tubulidentata
- 17 Paleoenvironment
- 18 Paleobiogeography
- 19 Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution
- 20 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index