Lahimia
| Lahimia Temporal range: middle Paleocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Clade: | †Boualitominae |
| Genus: | †Lahimia Solé, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| †Lahimia selloumi Solé, 2009 | |
Lahimia ("carnivore") 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. Lahimia selloumi is one of the oldest known members of order Hyaenodonta.
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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