Sivameryx

Sivameryx; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	† Anthracotheriidae
Genus:	† Sivameryx ; Lydekker, 1883
Synonyms
	Hyoboops Trouessart, 1905;

Last updated October 05, 2025

Sivameryx is an extinct genus of anthracotheriid that lived in Afro-Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

S. africanus is known from Kenya.^[2]S. palaeindicus lived in the Bugti Hills of Pakistan.^[3]

References

↑ Sivameryx in the Paleobiology Database
↑ Rowan, John; Adrian, Brent; Grossman, Ari (4 May 2015). "The first skull of Sivameryx africanus (Anthracotheriidae, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of East Africa" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 35 (3) e928305. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.928305. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 12 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.
↑ Lihoreau, Fabrice; Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Marivaux, Laurent; Métais, Grégoire; Welcomme, Jean-Loup (3 October 2017). "Enamel microstructure defines a major Paleogene hippopotamoid clade: the Merycopotamini (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamoidea)" . Historical Biology . 29 (7): 947–957. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1274748. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 12 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Sivameryx in the Paleobiology Database

[2] Rowan, John; Adrian, Brent; Grossman, Ari (4 May 2015). "The first skull of Sivameryx africanus (Anthracotheriidae, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of East Africa" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 35 (3) e928305. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.928305. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 12 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

[3] Lihoreau, Fabrice; Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Marivaux, Laurent; Métais, Grégoire; Welcomme, Jean-Loup (3 October 2017). "Enamel microstructure defines a major Paleogene hippopotamoid clade: the Merycopotamini (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamoidea)" . Historical Biology . 29 (7): 947–957. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1274748. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 12 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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