 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (August 2024) |
| Lyra sherkana Temporal range: Middle Miocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sivatheriinae (?) |
| Genus: | †Lyra Ríos & Solounias, 2024 |
| Species: | †L. sherkana
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| †Lyra sherkana Ríos & Solounias, 2024
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Lyra (meaning "harp") is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyl ungulates from the Miocene Chinji Formation of Pakistan. The genus contains a single species, L. sherkana, known from a partial skull and fragmentary ossicones. Lyra may be a member of the subfamily Sivatheriinae. If this classification is correct, it would represent the oldest known sivathere.[1]
- ^ Rios, Maria; Solounias, Nikos (2024-08-05). "Lyra sherkhana [sic] gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of giraffid from the Miocene of the Siwaliks (Pakistan)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2365423. ISSN 0272-4634.