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Xenokeryx amidalae
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Xenokeryx (†Xenokeryx (Sánchez et al, 2015))
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Palaeomerycidae
Dimensions: length - 1,9 m, height - 130 сm, weight - 100 - 250 kg
Time period: the Miocene of Europe ( 15,4 million years ago )
Typical representative: Xenokeryx amidalae
Xenokeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant known from the Miocene of Europe. The type species, Xenokeryx amidalae, was recovered from central Spain and bears a unique T-shaped protrusion from the top of the head. The specific epithet amidalae is in reference to the character Padmé Amidala from the Star Wars films "due to the striking resemblance that the occipital appendage of Xenokeryx bears to one of the hairstyles that the aforementioned character shows in The Phantom Menace feature film.
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Xenokeryx (†Xenokeryx (Sánchez et al, 2015))
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Palaeomerycidae
Dimensions: length - 1,9 m, height - 130 сm, weight - 100 - 250 kg
Time period: the Miocene of Europe ( 15,4 million years ago )
Typical representative: Xenokeryx amidalae
Xenokeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant known from the Miocene of Europe. The type species, Xenokeryx amidalae, was recovered from central Spain and bears a unique T-shaped protrusion from the top of the head. The specific epithet amidalae is in reference to the character Padmé Amidala from the Star Wars films "due to the striking resemblance that the occipital appendage of Xenokeryx bears to one of the hairstyles that the aforementioned character shows in The Phantom Menace feature film.
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