Omanitherium dhofarensis Seiffert et al. 2012 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Barytheriidae

Full reference: E. R. Seiffert, S. Nasir, A. Al-Harthy, J. R. Groenke, B. P. Kraatz, N. J. Stevens, and A. R. Al-Sayigh. 2012. Diversity in the later Paleogene proboscidean radiation: a small barytheriid from the Oligocene of Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. Naturwissenschaften 99:133-141

Belongs to Omanitherium according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SQU-290, a mandible. Its type locality is DPP-2010-1, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Ashawq Formation of Oman.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at DPP-2010-1

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