Indratherium compressus Khan and Sarwar 2002 (giraffe)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae

Full reference: A. A. Khan and M. Sarwar. 2002. A new Indratherium fossil giraffe Indratherium compressus sp. nov. from Siwalik Formations of Pakistan. Journal of Research (Science) 13(2):139-144

Belongs to Indratherium according to A. A. Khan and M. Sarwar 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PUPC 87/13, a tooth (P3/). Its type locality is Sardhok, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Sardhok

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