Simatherium

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

Simatherium Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	†Simatherium Dietrich, 1941
Species
†S. kohllarseni †S. demissum Gentry, 1980 †S. shungurense

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]