Named By: | C. W. Andrews & H. J. L. Beadnell in 1902 |
Time Period: | Late Eocene-Early Oligocene~37-30 Ma |
Location: | Egypt - Gebel Qatrani Formation. Ethiopia. Libya |
Size: | Up to 2.5 meters high at the shoulder |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Several individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Proboscidea | Phiomiidae | |
Phiomia is an extinct genus of basal proboscid that lived in what is now Northern Africa during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene some 37-30 million years ago. "Phiomia serridens" means "saw-toothed animal of Faiyum".