Lahimia

Lahimia; Temporal range: 61.6–59.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Paleocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Hyaenodonta
Clade:	† Boualitominae
Genus:	† Lahimia ; Solé, 2009
Type species
	†Lahimia selloumi; Solé, 2009

Last updated May 23, 2025

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 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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[SOLÉ2009-1] 1 2 3 4 5 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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