Sivatheriinae

Sivatheriinae
Sivatherium reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. ^ a b c "Subfamily Sivatheriinae". Paleobiology Database.
  2. ^ 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.