Iriritherium

Iriritherium
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily: †Chalicotheriinae
Genus: †Iriritherium
Species:
†I. pyroclasticum
Binomial name
†Iriritherium pyroclasticum
Pickford, 2020

Iriritherium is an extinct genus of chalicotheriine chalicotheriid that lived in Africa during the Miocene epoch.

Iriritherium pyroclasticum is known from the fossil site of Napak in Uganda, which has been dated to the Early Miocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pickford, Martin (2020). "Descriptive catalogue of Chalicotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda". Geo-Pal Uganda. 15: 1–36.
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