Dimaitherium

In Depth        Dimaitherium‭ ‬is a genus of mammal closely related to modern hyraxes that lived in Egypt during the Eocene. Further Reading -‭ ‬A primitive hyracoid‭ (‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Paenungulata‭) ‬from the early Priabonian‭ (‬Late Eocene‭) ‬of Egypt.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Systematic Palaeontology‭ ‬8‭(‬2‭)‬:213-244.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Barrow,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Seiffert‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Simons‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

Arsinoitherium

arsinoitherium

In Depth        Arsinoitherium fossils were first found in the Faiyum area of Egypt,‭ ‬and to date these fossils are the best preserved with some specimens being almost complete.‭ ‬Arsinoitherium now seems to have been spread further across Africa as well as parts of the Middle East,‭ ‬while fossil material from Europe and Asia has revealed … Read more