Vishnutherium

Vishnutherium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Vishnutherium; Lydekker, 1876
Type species
	†V. 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 from the Miocene epoch. The genus contains two species, V. iravadicum and V. priscillum, discovered from Myanmar, Iran, Pakistan and possibly India.^[1]

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.

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