Biology:Omanitherium
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Short description: Extinct genus of proboscid
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Barytheriidae |
| Genus: | †Omanitherium Seiffert et al., 2012 |
| Species: | †O. dhofarensis
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| †Omanitherium dhofarensis Seiffert et al., 2012
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Omanitherium (meaning Oman beast) is a genus of an extinct genus of barytheriid proboscidean that lived during the early Oligocene in Oman. It belongs to the family Barytheriidae, which represented the first large size proboscideans to appear in the fossil record and were characterized by a strong sexual dimorphism.[1][2]
References
- ↑ E. R. Seiffert, S. Nasir, A. Al-Harthy, J. R. Groenke, B. P. Kraatz, N. J. Stevens, and A. R. Al-Sayigh. 2012. Diversity in the later Paleogene proboscidean radiation: a small barytheriid from the Oligocene of Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. Naturwissenschaften 99:133-141
- ↑ M. Al-Kindi, M. Pickford, Y. Al-Sinani, I. Al-Ismaili, A. Hartman and A. Heward. 2017. Large Mammals from the Rupelian of Oman – Recent Finds. Fossil Imprint 73(3-4):300-321
Wikidata ☰ Q1692845 entry
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