Dimaitherium 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

Parent taxon: Hyracoidea according to E. Barrow et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Namahyrax, Pliohyracidae, Procaviamorpha, Procaviidae, Pseudhippomorpha, Rukwalorax, Titanohyracidae

Subtaxa: Dimaitherium patnaiki

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Type: Dimaitherium patnaiki

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2 (Eocene of Egypt)

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