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
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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]