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, and Sivatherium. [1]