†subfamily Sivatherinae Zittel 1853

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Alternative spelling: Sivatheridae

Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to R. Lydekker 1878

Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Bachitheriidae, Delahomeryx, Giraffoidea, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Pecora, Prodremotherium, Sanitherium, Thandaungia, Tragulina

Subtaxa: Bramatherium Hydaspitherium Libytherium

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (2 collections), Djibouti (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (24), South Africa (3), Tanzania (13)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Ethiopia (5), Kenya (6), Morocco (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (19), Tunisia (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (3), Uganda (1)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Miocene of India (1), Pakistan (3), Thailand (1)

Total: 93 collections including 94 occurrences

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