| Namatherium Temporal range:  | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| 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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