Dimaitherium
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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| †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
[edit]- ^ "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. Bibcode:2010JSPal...8..213B. doi:10.1080/14772010903450407. S2CID 84398730.
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