Afrikanokeryx
Extinct genus of mammals
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afrikanokeryx is an extinct monotypic genus of giraffid artiodactyl, closely related to the modern okapi. It lived during the Miocene period in what is today the Ngorora Formation in Kenya. The name of the only species known, A. leakeyi, honours Louis Leakey.[1]
| Afrikanokeryx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | †Afrikanokeryx Harris, Solounias & Geraads, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Afrikanokeryx leakeyi Harris, Solounias & Geraads, 2010 | |
