Boualitominae

Extinct clade of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boualitominae ("Bou Ali cutters") is an extinct paraphyletic clade of predatory placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from middle Paleocene to late Eocene deposits in Africa.[2][3]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Placentalia
Order:Hyaenodonta
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Boualitominae
Temporal range: 61.6–33.9 Ma middle Paleocene to late Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Clade: Boualitominae
Borths, 2022[1]
Type genus
Boualitomus
Gheerbrant, 2006
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Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Clade: †Boualitominae (Borths, 2022)
    • Genus: †Boualitomus (Gheerbrant, 2006)
      • Boualitomus marocanensis (Gheerbrant, 2006)
    • Genus: †Lahimia (Solé, 2009)
      • Lahimia selloumi (Solé, 2009)
    • Incertae sedis:
      • Boualitominae sp. [Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt] (Borths, 2022)[1]
      • Boualitominae sp. [Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt] (Borths, 2020)[4]

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