Vishnutherium

Vishnutherium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Vishnutherium; Lydekker, 1876
Type species
	†Vishnutherium iravadicum; Lydekker, 1876
Other species
	†V. priscillum (Matthew, 1929);
Synonyms
	Giraffa priscilla Matthew, 1929;

Vishnutherium (Vishnu's beast) is an extinct genus of the Giraffidae during the Miocene epoch. The genus contains two species, the type V. iravadicum from Irrawady, Myanmar and second species V. priscillum from Iran, India and Pakistan.

References

↑ Solounias, N.; Jukar, A. M. (2023). "A reassessment of some Giraffidae specimens from the Late Miocene faunas of Eurasia". In Casanovas-Vilar, I.; van den Hoek Ostende, L.W.; Janis, C.M.; Saarinen, J. (eds.). Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Cham. pp. 189–200. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_12.

External links

Vishnutherium at the Paleobiology Database

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[1] Solounias, N.; Jukar, A. M. (2023). "A reassessment of some Giraffidae specimens from the Late Miocene faunas of Eurasia". In Casanovas-Vilar, I.; van den Hoek Ostende, L.W.; Janis, C.M.; Saarinen, J. (eds.). Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Cham. pp. 189–200. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9_12.