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Dimaitherium

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

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Dimaitherium
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Grandorder: Paenungulata
Order: Hyracoidea
Genus: †Dimaitherium
Barrow et al., 2010
Species:
†D. patnaiki
Binomial name
†Dimaitherium patnaiki
Barrow et al., 20101

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

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References

  1. "Dimaitherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  2. 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. Bibcode:2010JSPal...8..213B. doi:10.1080/14772010903450407. S2CID 84398730.