Lahimia

Lahimia; Temporal range: Middle Paleocene 61.7–58.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	lower jaw of Lahimia selloumi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Genus:	†Lahimia; Solé, 2009
Type species
	†Lahimia selloumi; Solé, 2009

Lahimia ("carnivore")[1] is a genus of extinct hyaenodont mammals, known from the Selandian stage (middle Paleocene) of Africa.[1]

References

SOLÉ, FLORÉAL; GHEERBRANT, EMMANUEL; AMAGHZAZ, MBAREK; BOUYA, BAÂDI (2009). "Further evidence of the African antiquity of hyaenodontid ('Creodonta', Mammalia) evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (4): 827–846. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00501.x.

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