Giraffa camelopardalis KNM OM 2269

Rios, M, Danowitz, M & Solounias, N, 2016, First comprehensive morphological analysis on the metapodials of Giraffidae, Palaeontologia Electronica 410 (10453), pp. 1-39 : 24-25

Giraffa camelopardalis KNM OM 2269

410 Bohlin, 1926

403 34,98 8,68

34,35

434 38,3 8,82 Kostopoulos, 2009

410 37,4 9,12 Kostopoulos, 2009

405 33,5 8,27 Geraads, 1994

32,5 Geraads, 1994

32 Geraads, 1994

432 22 5,09

428 26 6,07

398 Bohlin, 1926

32,8 Churcher, 1970

403 31,8 7,89 Churcher, 1970

710 48,87 6,88

700 58,24 8,32

50,12

715 48 6,71

710 47 6,62 Geraads et al., 2005

661 45 6,81 Geraads, 1979

693 50 7,22 Geraads, 1979

690 Geraads, 1998

730 57 7,81 Geraads et al., 2005

700 60 8,57 Geraads et al., 2005

695 60,5 8,71 Geraads et al., 2005

50 Geraads et al., 2005

655 47 7,18

720 40 5,56

693 45,74 6,60

695 47,04 6,77

622 44,09 7,09

621 45,31 7,30

605 39,61 6,55

650 47,32 7,28

753 54,09 7,18

745 52,15 7,00

730 57 7,81

667 Harris, 1976

735 Harris, 1976

TABLE 1 (continued).

lished the following categories ( Figure 2 ; Tables 4, 6):

1. Long:> 510 mm, Bohlinia attica and Giraffa camelopardalis ,

2. Medium: between 510 and 350 mm, most species fall into this category. Birgerbohlinia schaubi , Sivatherium giganteum , Decennatherium pachecoi , and Palaeotragus rouenii fall into the medium-short range, with most specimens between 350 and 450 mm, while Bramatherium megacephalum, Helladotherium duvernoyi, and Samotherium major fall into the medium-long category, with most specimens over 450 mm.

3. Short: <350 mm, Canthumeryx sirtensis and Okapia johnstoni fall in this category.

Using descriptive parameters above, we also plot the total length versus the midshaft minimum transverse diameter of the metatarsals, to demonstrate the relative slenderness of the limbs.

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FIGURE 2. Measurements applied to the giraffid metapodials, based on those proposed by Quiralte (2011), using the same specimen as in figure 1.