Saloumia

Saloumia
Temporal range: Lutetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Genus: Saloumia
Tabuce et al., 2020
Species:
S. gorodiskii
Binomial name
Saloumia gorodiskii
Tabuce et al., 2020

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.