Libytherium fossil map
Where fossils of Libytherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 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 0 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 | 23.04 million years ago to the present (Aquitanian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Named by | Pomel 1892 |
| Fossil records | 176 occurrences at 71 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Algeria, Djibouti, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia |
| Rock formations | Koobi Fora, Vogel River Series, txn:NF, Olduvai, Nachukui, Varswater |
About Libytherium
Libytherium is an extinct genus of large sized giraffid that is known from Miocene to Pleistocene of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The type species Libytherium maurusium is first known from fossils collected from the Pliocene deposits of Oran, Algeria with subsequent fossils from Mio-Pleistocene beds in South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, the second species Libytherium proton is known from Miocene beds of Chinji Formation and Dhok Pathan Formation of Siwalik Hills of Indo-Pakistan.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Libytherium (revision 1374078970), 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: Q17619872.
