A BRAMATHERIUM SKULL (GIRAFFIDAE, MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF KAVAKDERE (CENTRAL TURKEY). BIOGEOGRAPHIC AND PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS

Year 1999, Volume: 121 Issue: 121, 51 - 56, 01.02.1999

Denis Geraads Erksin Güleç

Abstract

A sub-adult skull from the Late
Miocene of Kavakdere, desciribed and referred to the Indian genus Bramatherium.
increases the similarity between the Indian sub-continent and the Greco-Iranian
province. The contents and subdivisions of the subfamily Sivatheriinae are
reviewed, with 2 main groups being recognized, based upon the homologies and
position of horns. They are perhaps both of western European origin.

Keywords

Giraffidae, Mammalia, Upper Miocene, Turkey

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