Phiomia

Phiomia
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
~37–30 Ma
P. serridens skull from Faiyum, Egypt, with 20th century plaster model.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Suborder: Elephantiformes
Family: Phiomiidae
Genus: Phiomia
Andrews and Beadnell, 1902
Species
  • P. serridens
  • P. major

Phiomia is an extinct genus of basal elephantiform proboscidean that lived in what is now Northern Africa during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene some 37–30 million years ago.[1] "Phiomia serridens" means "saw-toothed animal of Faiyum".