Dimaitherium

Dimaitherium; Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Paenungulata
Order:	Hyracoidea
Genus:	†Dimaitherium; Barrow et al., 2010
Species:	†D. patnaiki
Binomial name
	†Dimaitherium patnaiki; Barrow et al., 2010[1]

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

"Dimaitherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
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. doi:10.1080/14772010903450407.

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[paleoDB-1] "Dimaitherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 23, 2011.

[Barrow2010-2] 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. doi:10.1080/14772010903450407.