Simatherium

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

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

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]

References

  1. ^ Ungar, Peter S.; Merceron, Gildas; Scott, Robert S. (24 September 2007). "Dental Microwear Texture Analysis of Varswater Bovids and Early Pliocene Paleoenvironments of Langebaanweg, Western Cape Province, South Africa". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 14 (3): 163–181. doi:10.1007/s10914-007-9050-x. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via Springer Link.
  2. ^ Stynder, Deano D. (Winter 2011). "Fossil bovid diets indicate a scarcity of grass in the Langebaanweg E Quarry (South Africa) late Miocene/early Pliocene environment". Paleobiology. 37 (1): 126–139. Bibcode:2011Pbio...37..126S. doi:10.1666/09074.1. ISSN 0094-8373. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via Cambridge Core.


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