Dimaitherium

Dimaitherium
Dimaitherium
Temporal range:
Priabonian Age, Upper Eocene Epoch
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Afrotheria
clade: Paenungulata
Order: Hyracoidea
Genus: †Dimaitherium
Barrow et al., 2010
Binomial name
†Dimaitherium patnaiki
Barrow et al., 2010[1]

Dimaitherium is an extinct hyracoid which existed in what is now Egypt, during the late Eocene period.[2] It was first named by Eugenie Barrow, Erik R. Seiffert, and Elwyn L. Simons in 2010.[2] The type species is Dimaitherium patnaiki.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Dimaitherium". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=172060&is_real_user=1. Retrieved June 23, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Eugenie Barrow; Erik R. Seiffert; Elwyn L. Simons. (2010). "A primitive hyracoid (Mammalia, Paenungulata) from the early Priabonian (Late Eocene) of Egypt". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (2): 213–244. doi:10.1080/14772010903450407. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a922470879~frm=titlelink. 


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