Namatherium Temporal range: | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Embrithopoda |
Family: | † Arsinoitheriidae |
Genus: | † Namatherium Pickford Senut Morales Mein & Sanchez, 2008 |
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Namatherium is a genus of basal arsinoitheriid embrithopod from Eocene Namibia. [1]
A majority of the remains of Namatherium are skull material. The skull bears similar nasal horns to Arsinoitherium , a close relative. Arsinoitherium and Namatherium also share the trait of pseudolophodont molars, with hyperdilambdodonty being present in both. [2] [3] Namatherium is more basal in some regards, not having many derived traits (like a fused fenestra cochleae, which Arsinotherium bears) [2] , which has led to Namatherium being placed as a basal arsinotheriid. [4] [2]
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