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Lahimia
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene 61.7–58.7 Ma
File:Lahimia selloumi - 2.jpg
lower jaw of Lahimia selloumi
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Lahimia

Solé, 2009
Type species
Lahimia selloumi
Solé, 2009

Lahimia ("carnivore")[1] is a genus of extinct hyaenodont mammals, known from the Selandian stage (middle Paleocene) of Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b SOLÉ, FLORÉAL; GHEERBRANT, EMMANUEL; AMAGHZAZ, MBAREK; BOUYA, BAÂDI (2009). "Further evidence of the African antiquity of hyaenodontid ('Creodonta', Mammalia) evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (4): 827–846. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00501.x.