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Dimaitherium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Order
  
Hyracoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Clade
  
Paenungulata

Species
  
†D. patnaiki

Similar
  
Titanohyrax, Pliohyrax, Paenungulata, Tree hyrax, Yellow‑spotted rock hyrax

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.

References

Dimaitherium Wikipedia