Biology:Lahimia

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Lahimia
Temporal range: 61.6–59.2 Ma
↓
middle Paleocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Family: †Hyaenodontidae
Genus: †Lahimia
Solé, 2009[1]
Type species
†Lahimia selloumi
Solé, 2009

Lahimia ("carnivore")[1] is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae within extinct order Hyaenodonta, known from the middle Paleocene (Selandian stage) of Morocco.[1] Lahimia selloumi is the one of the oldest known members of order Hyaenodonta.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 SOLÉ, FLORÉAL; GHEERBRANT, EMMANUEL; AMAGHZAZ, MBAREK; BOUYA, BAÂDI (2009). "Further evidence of the African antiquity of hyaenodontid ('Creodonta', Mammalia) evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (4): 827–846. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00501.x. 

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