Umbrotherium
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Giraffidae
Genus: †Umbrotherium
Species: †U. azzarolii
Name
[edit]Umbrotherium Abbazzi, Delfino, Gallai, Trebini & Rook, 2008: 432
Type species: Umbrotherium azzarolii [Abbazzi et al, 2008: 432]
Synonymy
[edit]- Umbrotherium Hürzeler & Engesser, 1976: 334 [nomen nudum]
Etymology: "After one of the oldest peoples of Central Italy (Umbri...) and Greek, therion, wildbeast" [Abbazzi et al, 2008: 432]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Hürzeler, J. & Engesser, B. 1976. Les faunes de mammiferes neogenes du Bassin de Baccinello (Grosseto, Italie). Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Série D: Sciences naturelles 283: 333–336. BnF Gallica Reference page.
- Abbazzi, L., Delfino, M., Gallai, G., Trebini, L. & Rook, L. 2008. New data on the vertebrate assemblage of Fiume Santo (north-west Sardinia, Italy), and overview on the Late Miocene Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince. Palaeontology 51(2): 425–451. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00758.x Reference page.