Helladotherium

Helladotherium Temporal range: Miocene
Skeleton of Helladotherium
Conservation status
fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	Helladotherium
Species
†H. duvernoyi

Helladotherium is an extinct genus of Sivatherine Giraffid from Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene. The most complete skeleton is that of a female, based on a comparison with an intact female Sivatherium giganteum skull.

• Helladotherium duvernoyi 1.JPG

  Skull

• Helladotherium duvernoy MHNT.PAL.2013.0.1021.1-3.jpg

  Forelimb, Pikermi Former collection Gaudry

References

• The Evolution of Artiodactyls by Donald R. Prothero and Scott E. Foss
• Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton
• Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell

See also

• Sivatherium
• Giraffokeryx
• Palaeotragus
• Hydaspitherium