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Lahimia Temporal range: Paleocene
middle
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Family: | † Hyaenodontidae |
Genus: | †
Lahimia Solé, 2009 [1] |
Type species | |
†Lahimia selloumi Solé, 2009
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Lahimia ("carnivore") [1] is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae within extinct order Hyaenodonta, known from the middle Paleocene ( Selandian stage) of Morocco. [1] Lahimia selloumi is the one of the oldest known members of order Hyaenodonta. [1]