Sivatheriinae
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| Sivatherium reconstruction | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sivatheriinae Zittel, 1893 |
| Genera[1] | |
Sivatheriinae is a subfamily of giraffids characterized by their robust size, short limbs, and the presence of large complicated ossicones in males.[2] These animals lived in Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe from the late Miocene and early Pleistocene.[1]
Sivatheres may include subtaxa Bramatherium, Hydaspitherium, Indratherium, Lyra, and Sivatherium.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Subfamily Sivatheriinae". Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Hamilton, H.R. (May 9, 1978). "Fossil Giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a Revision of the Phylogeny of the Giraffoidea". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 283 (996). London, UK: The Royal Society Publishing: 165–229. Bibcode:1978RSPTB.283..165H. doi:10.1098/rstb.1978.0019. JSTOR 2417982.