Dimaitherium
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| Dimaitherium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Grandorder: | Paenungulata |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Genus: | †Dimaitherium Barrow et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †D. patnaiki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dimaitherium patnaiki Barrow et al., 2010[1] | |
Dimaitherium is an extinct hyracoid which existed in what is now Egypt, during the late Eocene period.[2] It was first named by Eugenie Barrow, Erik R. Seiffert, and Elwyn L. Simons in 2010.[2] The type species is Dimaitherium patnaiki.[2]
