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Sivatheridae

Mammalia - Sivatheridae

Taxonomy
Sivatherinae was named by Zittel (1853).

It was reranked as the family Sivatheridae by Lydekker (1878).

It was assigned to Ungulata by Lydekker (1878).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Sivatheridae Lydekker

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
familySivatheridae(Zittel 1853)
familySivatheridae(Zittel 1853)

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.

Fm. †Sivatheridae Zittel 1853
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G. †Bramatherium Falconer 1845
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†Bramatherium perimense Falconer 1845
G. †Hydaspitherium Lydekker 1878
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†Hydaspitherium megacephalum Lydekker 1878
G. †Libytherium Pomel 1892
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†Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 9.70000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Sivatherium maurusium (22411)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Libytherium olduvaiense, Libytherium sp. (22228)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117South Africa Libytherium olduvaiense (22230)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246India (Gujarat) Bramatherium perimense (203112)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Sivatherium maurusium (22158)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Hydaspitherium megacephalum (13473 13474)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Bramatherium sp. (144187)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Pakistan (Punjab) Hydaspitherium megacephalum (230348)
MN 10 - MN 139.7 - 4.9Pakistan (Balochistan) Bramatherium perimense (77781)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Libytherium olduvaiense (59167 115166)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tunisia (Bizerte ) Libytherium maurisium (211247)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Sivatherium maurusium (22175 22176)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21830)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Sivatherium maurusium (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Libytherium olduvaiense (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) Libytherium sp. (42119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Libytherium sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Libytherium olduvaiense (22340)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21788 21789 21790 21793 21795 21796 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21810 21811 21812 21813 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya (Rift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (21309)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Sivatherium maurusium (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Sivatherium maurusium (21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21459 21480 21484 21485 21530)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Sivatherium maurusium (224657)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21804 21805 21814 22594 22595)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (21342 21345 21353)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21376 21398 21420 21457 21461 21503 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Sivatherium maurusium (224655)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Algeria Libytherium maurisium (224087)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Algeria (Northern Algeria) Libytherium maurisium (197944)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21367 21370 21396 21402 21454 21458 21462 21464 21476 21532)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Sivatherium maurusium (22482)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Sivatherium maurusium (21825)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Libytherium olduvaiense (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21514 32058)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Sivatherium maurusium (22552 22577)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (21294 21343)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21970 22041 22064 22617 22626 22627)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa (Namaqualand) Sivatherium maurusium (51188)