Simatherium

Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Simatherium is an extinct genus of bovid that inhabited Africa during the Neogene period.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
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Simatherium
Temporal range: Neogene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: †Simatherium
Dietrich, 1941
Species
  • †S. kohllarseni
  • †S. demissum Gentry, 1980
  • †S. shungurense
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Palaeoecology

Based on dental microwear texture analysis of bovids from the Varswater Formation of South Africa, S. demissum was a mixed feeder.[1] A mesowear texture analysis of S. demissum fossils from the same formation found it to be a grazer.[2]

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