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Boualitomus

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Boualitomus
Temporal range: Ypresian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Hyaenodontidae
Genus: Boualitomus
Species:
B. marocanensis
Binomial name
Boualitomus marocanensis
Gheerbrant et. al., 2006

Boualitomus is an extinct genus of hyaenodont that inhabited Morocco during the earliest Eocene. It contains a single species, B. marocanensis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Iarochene, Mohamed; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bouya, BaâDi (1 July 2006). "Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta". Geological Magazine. 143 (4): 475–489. doi:10.1017/S0016756806002032. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via GeoScienceWorld.