Indratherium

Indratherium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: †Indratherium
Pilgrim, 1910
Type species
Indratherium majori
Pilgrim, 1910
Other species
  • Indratherium majori Pilgrim, 1910
  • Indratherium compressus Khan & Sarwar, 2002

Indratherium is an extinct genus of giraffid that lived during Pleistocene of Sivalik Hills. The type species is Indratherium majori that was described by Pilgrim on the basis of fossils collected from Markanda river of northern India, the second species Indratherium compressus was described on the basis of fossils collected from Sardhok in Pakistan.

References

  1. ↑ Pilgrim, G.E. (1910) "Notices of new mammalian genera and species from the Tertiaries of India", Records of Geological Survey of India, 40(1), 69-70.
  2. ↑ "PBDB". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 October 2023.