Mitilanotherium
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Mitilanotherium is an extinct genus of giraffes from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe.
left|thumb|The mandible (the lower jaw bone) of Mililanotherium sp. 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.
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