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Boualitomus

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Boualitomus
Temporal range: Ypresian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Family: Hyaenodontidae
Genus: Boualitomus
Gheerbrant et. al., 2006
Type species
Boualitomus marocanensis
Gheerbrant et. al., 2006

Boualitomus is an extinct genus of hyaenodont that lived in what is now Morocco during the earliest Eocene. It contains a single species, B. marocanensis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Iarochene, Mohamed; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bouya, BaâDi (1 July 2006). "Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta". Geological Magazine. 143 (4): 475–489. doi:10.1017/S0016756806002032. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via GeoScienceWorld.