Biology:Sivatheriinae
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Short description: Subfamily of prehistoric giraffids
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sivatheriinae Zittel, 1893 |
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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, and Sivatherium.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Subfamily Sivatheriinae". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=185949.
- ↑ Hamilton, H.R. (May 9, 1978). "Fossil Giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a Revision of the Phylogeny of the Giraffoidea" (in English). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (London, UK: The Royal Society Publishing) 283 (996): 165–229. doi:10.1098/rstb.1978.0019. Bibcode: 1978RSPTB.283..165H. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2417982.
Wikidata ☰ Q42553048 entry
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