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 | |
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.