Sivameryx
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Anthracotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Sivameryx Lydekker, 1883 |
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Sivameryx is an extinct genus of anthracotheriid that lived in Afro-Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]S. africanus is known from Kenya.[2] S. palaeindicus lived in the Bugti Hills of Pakistan.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sivameryx in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Rowan, John; Adrian, Brent; Grossman, Ari (4 May 2015). "The first skull of Sivameryx africanus (Anthracotheriidae, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of East Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (3): e928305. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.928305. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 12 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ^ Lihoreau, Fabrice; Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Marivaux, Laurent; Métais, Grégoire; Welcomme, Jean-Loup (3 October 2017). "Enamel microstructure defines a major Paleogene hippopotamoid clade: the Merycopotamini (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamoidea)". Historical Biology. 29 (7): 947–957. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1274748. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 12 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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