• Source: Bramatherium

Bramatherium (Brahma’s beast) is an extinct genus of giraffids that ranged from India to Turkey in Asia. It is closely related to the larger Sivatherium.




Etymology



The first part of the generic name, Brahma (Sanskrit masculine brahman-, nominative brahmā ब्रह्मा), is in reference to the Hindu god of creation. The second part, "therium", comes from the Greek word θηρίον (transliterated therion), meaning 'beast'.




Description


Bramatherium was built very similarly to Sivatherium. Alive, it would have resembled a heavily built okapi and had a crown-like set of four, radiating ossicones. Fossils, and examination of teeth in particular, suggested the living animals dwelled woodlands and wetlands.




See also


Hydaspitherium
Sivatherium
Vishnutherium




References



Falconer, H. (1845) “Description of some fossil remains of Deinotherium, Giraffe, and other mammalia, from Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay, Western Coast of India”, J. Geol. Soc., 1, 356–372.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Osikon
• Bramatherium
• Giraffidae
• Sivatheriinae
• Bramiscus
• Giraffoidea
• Ossicone
• Hydaspitherium
• Sivatherium
• Giraffe
• Piram Island