- Bramatherium
Taxobox
name = "Bramatherium"
status = fossil
fossil_range =Pliocene
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Artiodactyla
familia =Giraffidae
subfamilia =Sivatheriinae
genus = "Bramatherium"
genus_authority = Falconer 1845
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "B. perimense" Falconer 1845 (type species )
* "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 " is an extinct
genus ofgiraffe that ranged throughoutAsia , fromIndia toTurkey . It is closely related to the larger "Sivatherium ".Etymology
The first part of Bramatherium's name,
Brahma (Sanskrit masculine "IAST|brahman-", nominative "IAST|brahmā" _sa. ब्रह्मा), is in reference to theHindu god ofcreation . The second part, "therium", comes from the Greek word "θηρίον" (transliterated "therion"), meaning 'beast'.Description
"Bramatherium" was built very similarly to "Sivatherium". Alive, it would have resembled a heavily-built
Okapi and had fiveossicone s, the anterior pair being large and horn-like, and the posterior three being small, and bump-like.References
*Falconer, H. (1845) “Description of some fossil remains of Deinotherium, Giraffe, and other mammalia, from Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay, Western Coast of India”, J. Geol. Soc., 1, 356-372.
External links
*http://www.infohub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3421
*http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:EEby4EfUJA8J:www.mta.gov.tr/english/dergi/dergi_pdf/121/4.pdf+Bramatherium&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us
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