†family Barytheriidae (proboscidean)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Parent taxon: Barytherioidea according to W. J. Sanders et al. 2010
See also Abel 1919, Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxon: Numidotheriidae
Subtaxa: Barytherium Omanitherium
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (4)
• Eocene of Egypt (2), Libya (3), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence