Dimaitherium
Appearance
Dimaitherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Grandorder: | Paenungulata |
Order: | Hyracoidea |
Genus: | †Dimaitherium Barrow et al., 2010 |
Species: | †D. patnaiki
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Binomial name | |
†Dimaitherium patnaiki Barrow et al., 2010[1]
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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
- ^ "Dimaitherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ 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.