Sivatheriinae

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Sivatheriinae
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Sivatherium reconstruction
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Subfamily:† Sivatheriinae
Zittel, 1893
Genera [1]

Sivatheriinae is an extinct 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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