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Simatherium

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Simatherium
Temporal range: Neogene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Simatherium
Dietrich, 1941

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

Palaeoecology

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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

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  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. doi:10.1666/09074.1. ISSN 0094-8373. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via Cambridge Core.