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DIMAITHERIUM
(dim-ay-fe-re-um)
Named By: E. Barrow, E. R. Seiffert & E. L. Simons in 2010
Time Period: Priabonian Age, Upper Eocene Epoch
Location: Egypt - Birket Qarun Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Afrotheria | Paenungulata | Hyracoidea |
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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.

Read more about Dimaitherium at Wikipedia
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