Iriritherium
Extinct genus of chalicotheriine chalicotheriid
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Iriritherium is an extinct genus of chalicotheriine chalicotheriid that lived in Africa during the Miocene epoch.
| Iriritherium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Chalicotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Chalicotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Iriritherium |
| Species: | †I. pyroclasticum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Iriritherium pyroclasticum Pickford, 2020 | |
Iriritherium pyroclasticum is known from the fossil site of Napak in Uganda, which has been dated to the Early Miocene.[1]
