Helladotherium

Helladotherium is an extinct genus of sivatheriine giraffid which inhabited Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene.^[1] The most complete skeleton is that of a female, based on a comparison with an intact female Sivatherium giganteum skull.

Helladotherium Temporal range: Miocene
Skeleton of Helladotherium duvernoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Helladotherium
Species
†Helladotherium duvernoyi †Helladotherium grande

Only two species of Helladotherium have been discovered, with H. grande being larger than H. duvernoyi. The former has been found only in Pakistan.^[2]

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  Skull
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  Forelimb, Pikermi Former collection Gaudry

Palaeoecology

The dental microwear patterns of H. duvernoyi evidence that this species was folivorous and a browser.^[3]