Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene, 7–0.8 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
Giraffidae
Subfamily:
†Sivatheriinae
Genus:
†Sivatherium Falconer & Cautley, 1836[1][2]
Type species
†Sivatherium giganteum
Falconer & Cautley, 1836
Species
†S. giganteum
†?S. hendeyi Harris, 1976
†S. maurusium
Synonyms
†Libytherium
Sivatherium ("Shiva's beast", from Shiva and therium, Latinized form of Ancient Greek θηρίον - thēríon) is an extinct genus of giraffid that ranged throughout Africa and Eurasia. The species Sivatherium giganteum is, by weight, one of the largest giraffids known, and also one of the largest ruminants of all time.[3]
Sivatherium originated during the Late Miocene (around 7 million years ago) in Africa and survived through to the late Early Pleistocene (Calabrian) until around 1 million years ago.[4]
^Sivatherium in the Paleobiology Database
^Falconer, Hugh; Cautley, P. T. (1836). "Sivatherium giganteum, a new fossil ruminant genus, from the valley of the Markanda, in the Sivalik branch of the Sub-Himalayan Mountains". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: 38–50.
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^"Fossilworks: Sivatherium". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Sivatherium ("Shiva's beast", from Shiva and therium, Latinized form of Ancient Greek θηρίον - thēríon) is an extinct genus of giraffid that ranged throughout...
ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium. The first part of the generic name, Brahma (Sanskrit masculine brahman-...
may include subtaxa Bramatherium, Hydaspitherium, Indratherium, and Sivatherium. "Subfamily Sivatheriinae". www.fossilworks.org. Hamilton, H.R. (May...
Megalochelys atlas, the largest known tortoise to have ever existed, Sivatherium giganteum, the largest known giraffid, and the ape Sivapithecus. Remains...
cats, glyptodons, the woolly rhinoceros, various giraffids, such as the Sivatherium; ground sloths, Irish elk, cave lions, cave bears, Gomphotheres, American...
skeleton is that of a female, based on a comparison with an intact female Sivatherium giganteum skull. Only two species of Helladotherium have been discovered...
Prolibytherium remains in flux. At one time, it was described as a relative of Sivatherium (as a precursor to "Libytherium maurusium" (S. maurusium)). Later, it...
Giraffokeryx may have shared a clade with more massively built giraffids like Sivatherium and Bramatherium. Giraffids like Palaeotragus, Shansitherium and Samotherium...
equines belonging to the genus Equus and Hipparion, the giant giraffid Sivatherium, the gomphothere Anancus, bovines, antelopes (Gazella, Kobus, Damaliscus...
park at present has six sets of life-size models, of Stegodonganesa, Sivatherium, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Colosschelys atlas, Paramachaerdus and Crocodilia...
the late Miocene epoch of the Siwaliks by large Sivatheriinae such as Sivatherium, Bramatherium, Helladotherium, and Hydaspitherium. Hydaspitherium has...
ranges. The Siwalik fossils include mastodons, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, sivatherium, a large four-horned ruminant, giraffe, horses, camels, bison, deer,...
park at present has six sets of life-size models, of Stegodon Ganesha, Sivatherium, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Colossochelys atlas, Paramachairodus and Crocodilia...
Hills. fossils found include the sivatheriine giraffes, Bramatherium and Sivatherium were found. The fossils of the prehistoric equid, Hipparion were also...
October 2019. "Владимир Мезенцев "Энциклопедия чудес" (книга 1)". www.sivatherium.narod.ru. Retrieved 20 July 2019. "Смерчи в России. Досье". ТАСС. Retrieved...
long-horned bison (Bison latifrons), and the extinct Asiatic giraffid Sivatherium giganteum, as well as the extant African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)...
was populated during the Miocene by the horse Hipparion, the giraffid Sivatherium maurusium, the gazelle Gazella, and an indeterminate gomphothere. Parapliohyrax...
Gerbillinae. T. sp. Punjabitherium P. platyrhinum Punjab A Rhinoceros. Sivatherium S. giganteum Chandigarh A Giraffe. Coelodonta C. platyrhinus Chandigarh...
Ceratotherium praecox, the pig Kolpochoerus afarensis, a Hipparion horse, a Sivatherium, and a giraffe. Some of these are also known from Pliocene East African...
562 lb). The largest known giraffid, aside from the extant giraffe, is Sivatherium, with a body weight of 1,250 kg (2,760 lb). The largest protoceratid...
Pakistan". Biologia. 60 (2): 225–230. Kumar, Suresh (2022). "New Fossils of Sivatherium Giganteum (Giraffidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Siwaliks of the Indian...
"Latest research on the question of vegetation on the planet Mars". www.sivatherium.narod.ru. Retrieved October 6, 2023. "Sytinskaya Nadezhda Nikolaevna"...
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