Decennatherium fossil map
Where fossils of Decennatherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.63–5.333 million years ago (Tortonian to Messinian) |
| Periods | Neogene |
| Family | Giraffidae |
| Named by | Crusafont Pairo 1952 |
| Fossil records | 6 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Spain |
| Rock formations | txn:42690 |
About Decennatherium
Decennatherium is an extinct genus of giraffids. The genus contains a total of four species with two species from Spain, D. pachecoi and D. rex, and two species respectively from Iran and Pakistan, D. crusafonti and D. asiaticum. In 2025, Solounias and Danowitz assigned the YGSP 47357, 6392, and 47192, previously referred to Lyrakeryx, to Decennatherium.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Decennatherium (revision 1307183268), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5249068.
