Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae
Alternative spelling: Sivatherinae
Parent taxon: Ungulata according to R. Lydekker 1878
Sister taxa: Artiodactylamorpha, Panperissodactyla, Cetungulata, Barypoda, Ganungulatum, Altungulata, Hydrophorae, Diplarthra, Hyraces, Mesodactyli, Kharmerungulatum, Ruminantes, Palaeocladosictis, Procreodi, Tipotheria, Protungulata, Tesserachenae, Barytheria, Haloboidea, Trichenae, Polydactyli, Capridae, Monochenae, Bellua, Antilopidae, Amblypoda
Subtaxa: Bramatherium Hydaspitherium Libytherium
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
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 Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (3), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of India (1), Pakistan (3), Thailand (1)
Total: 93 collections including 94 occurrences