Dimaitherium patnaiki Barrow et al. 2010 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea

Full reference: E. Barrow, E. R. Seiffert, and E. L. Simons. 2010. A primitive hyracoid (Mammalia, Paenungulata) from the early Priabonian (Late Eocene) of Egypt. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(2):213-244

Belongs to Dimaitherium according to E. Barrow et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 42206, a mandible (partial left mandible with P3 to M3). Its type locality is Birket Qarun 2, which is in a Priabonian channel sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2

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