†family Barytheriidae (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Barytheriidae

Parent taxon: Barytherioidea according to W. J. Sanders et al. 2010

See also Abel 1919, Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005

Sister taxon: Numidotheriidae

Subtaxa: Barytherium Omanitherium

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (4)

• Eocene of Egypt (2), Libya (3), Western Sahara (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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