†Barytherium Andrews 1901 (barythere)
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Mammalia - Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Parent taxon: Barytheriidae according to E. R. Seiffert et al. 2012
See also Abel 1919, Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Mahboubi et al. 1984, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxon: Omanitherium
Subtaxa: Barytherium grave
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (2), Libya (3), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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