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Boualitominae

Extinct clade of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Boualitominae ("Bou Ali cutters") is an extinct paraphyletic clade of predatory placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from middle Paleocene to late Eocene deposits in Africa.[2][3]

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Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Clade: †Boualitominae (Borths, 2022)
    • Genus: †Boualitomus (Gheerbrant, 2006)
      • Boualitomus marocanensis (Gheerbrant, 2006)
    • Genus: †Lahimia (Solé, 2009)
      • Lahimia selloumi (Solé, 2009)
    • Incertae sedis:
      • Boualitominae sp. [Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt] (Borths, 2022)[1]
      • Boualitominae sp. [Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt] (Borths, 2020)[4]

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