Hydaspitherium

Hydaspitherium
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Subfamily: Sivatheriinae
Genus: Hydaspitherium
Lydekker, 1878
Species:
H. megacephalum
Binomial name
Hydaspitherium megacephalum
Lydekker, 1878
Synonyms

Hydaspidotherium

Hydaspitherium is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyls that lived during the Cenozoic era during the Miocene epoch to the Pliocene epoch in Pakistan. Giraffids are represented in the late Miocene epoch of the Siwaliks by large Sivatheriinae such as Sivatherium, Bramatherium, Helladotherium, and Hydaspitherium. Hydaspitherium has been proposed to be synonymous with Bramatherium. H. megacephalum is restricted to the Dhok Pathan Formation (33°36′N 72°30′E / 33.6°N 72.5°E / 33.6; 72.5, paleocoordinates 30°54′N 73°54′E / 30.9°N 73.9°E / 30.9; 73.9) in northern Pakistan.:Introduction