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Sivatherium

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Sivatherium was named by Falconer and Cautley (1836). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988); and to Sivatheriinae by Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Harris et al. (2010), Kahn et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Sivatherium Falconer and Cautley
1988Sivatherium Carroll
2003Sivatherium Mitchell and Skinner p. 64 figs. Figure 16
2010Sivatherium Harris et al. p. 804
2010Sivatherium Kahn et al. p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
subfamilySivatheriinaeZittel 1893
genusSivatheriumFalconer and Cautley 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Sivatherium Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Sivatherium giganteum Bohlin 1926
Sivatherium hendeyi Harris 1976
Sivatherium olduvaiense Singer and Boné 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available