Bramatherium

Bramatherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene[1]-Pliocene
Bramatherium perimense skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: †Bramatherium
Falconer, 1845
Species
  • B. perimense (type)
    Falconer 1845
  • B. progressus
  • B. giganteus
    (Khan and Sarwar 2002)
  • B. megacephalum
    (Lydekker 1876)
  • B. grande
    (Lydekker 1880)
  • B. magnum
    (Pilgrim 1910)
  • B. suchovi
    Godina 1977

Bramatherium (Brahma’s beast) is an extinct genus of giraffids that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium.

  1. ^ Geraads, Denis, and Erksin Güleç. "A Bramatherium skull (Giraffidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Kavakdere (Central Turkey). Biogeographic and phylogenetic implications." Mineral Res. Expl. Bul 121 (1999): 51–56.