Lahimia

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Lahimia
Temporal range: 61.6–59.2  Ma
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middle Paleocene
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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 .