Saloumia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Genus: | †Saloumia Tabuce et al., 2020 |
Species: | †S. gorodiskii
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Binomial name | |
†Saloumia gorodiskii Tabuce et al., 2020
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Saloumia is an extinct genus of the order Proboscidea. It is one of the oldest members of the order and lived in the middle Eocene of Senegal. It is known only from a single molar, whose pronounced bumpy chewing surface indicates it is probably closely related to Moeritherium.