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Climacoceras

Climacoceras was a giraffoid with elaborately branched cranial appendages.

Climacoceras was a giraffoid with elaborately branched cranial appendages. Its head ornaments make it look familiar and unusual at the same time.

Three stages. One companion.

Game artwork
AI-generated Dinosgacha game illustration of Climacoceras (Climacoceras africanus), baby stage.
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AI-generated Dinosgacha game illustration of Climacoceras (Climacoceras africanus), juvenile stage.
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AI-generated Dinosgacha game illustration of Climacoceras (Climacoceras africanus), adult stage.
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Climacoceras at a glance

Diet
Herbivore
Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
When it lived
Miocene
Group
Climacoceratidae
Climacoceratidae

Beyond the game

The real Climacoceras

Climacoceras was a giraffoid with elaborately branched cranial appendages. Its head ornaments make it look familiar and unusual at the same time.

Its branched cranial appendages formed part of a giraffoid skull. Their anatomical construction and arrangement differed from the antlers of a living deer.

Fossil discoveries

Nyanza, Kenya · approximate locationKenya · approximate location
Nyanza, KenyaKenya

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · P. Andrews, G. E. Meyer, and D. R. Pilbeam, J. A. Van Couvering, J. A. H. Van Couvering. 1981. The Miocene fossil beds of Maboko Island, Kenya: Geology, age, taphonomy, and palaeontology. Journal of Human Evolution 10:35-48 ↗

Paleobiology Database · B. R. Benefit and M. L. McCrossin. 1989. New primate fossils from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 18:493-497 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

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  1. Paleobiology Database: Climacoceras africanus

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