Omanitherium

Omanitherium (meaning "Oman beast" in Ancient Greek) is an extinct genus of barytheriid proboscidean that lived during the early Oligocene in Oman. It belongs to the family Barytheriidae, which represented the first large size proboscideans to appear in the fossil record and were characterized by a strong sexual dimorphism.^[1][2]

Omanitherium Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Barytheriidae
Genus:	†Omanitherium Seiffert et al., 2012
Species:	†O. dhofarensis
Binomial name
†Omanitherium dhofarensis Seiffert et al., 2012
Synonyms[citation needed]
"Barytherium omansi"

A cladogram of Proboscidea based on the phylogenetic analysis of Hautier et al. 2021 is below:^[3]

Proboscidea	Eritherium Phosphatherium Daouitherium Numidotherium Barytherium Arcanotherium Omanitherium Saloumia Moeritherium Deinotheriidae Elephantiformes Dagbatitherium Palaeomastodon Phiomia Elephantimorpha