Lyrakeryx

Lyrakeryx
Temporal range: Middle Miocene,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Subfamily: Sivatheriinae (?)
Genus: Lyrakeryx
Ríos & Solounias, 2025
Species:
L. sherkana
Binomial name
Lyrakeryx sherkana
(Ríos & Solounias, 2024)
Synonyms

Lyrakeryx is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyl ungulates from the Miocene Chinji Formation of Pakistan. The genus contains a single species, Lyrakeryx sherkana, known from a partial skull and fragmentary ossicones. Lyrakeryx may be a member of the subfamily Sivatheriinae, making it the oldest known record of this clade.