Sivatherium maurusium Pomel, 1893

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Libytherium maurusium Pomel, 1893

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene?

Distribution

Afro-Asia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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Janis, C. 1990. Sivatherium defended (response to Reese). Cryptozoology 9, 111-115.

Lauer, Daniel A. et al. (2023). Disruption of trait-environment relationships in African megafauna occurred in the middle Pleistocene. Nature Communications 14: 4016. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39480-8

Luyt, J., Lee-Thorp, J. A. and Avery, G. (2000). New light on Middle Pleistocene west coast environments from Elandsfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 96: 399-403.

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