Barytherium (meaning "heavy beast") is a genus of an extinct genus of large primitive proboscideans that lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in North Africa. The type species is Barytherium grave, found at the beginning of the 20th century in Fayum, Egypt. [1] .

The hippophant (Barytherium modernus) is a species of primitive proboscidean of a family, Barytheriidae, that originally lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in what is now North Africa and was once extinct, but has since been brought …

Barytherium "heavy beast" is a genus of proboscideans that live during the Late Eocene. Barytherium is closely related to Paleomastodon.

Other ancestral proboscideans include Numidotherium, Barytherium, and Deinotherium. Remains of these early proboscideans were recovered in northern Africa along what was once the southern shore of the Tethys Sea during the Oligocene.

Barytherium (meaning "heavy beast") is a genus of an extinct genus of large primitive proboscideans that lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in North Africa. The type species is Barytherium grave, found at the beginning of the 20th century in Fayum, Egypt. Since then, more complete specimens have been found at Dor el Talha, Libya.

Barytheriidae (meaning "heavy beasts") is an extinct family of primitive proboscideans that lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in North Africa and Oman. The Barytheriidae were the first large-sized proboscideans to appear in the fossil record and were characterized by a strong sexual dimorphism. [1][2] ^ Andrews, C.W. 1901.

Barytheriidae is a family taxon within the mammal order Proboscidea. Barytheriidae and the only genus within the family, Barytherium, developed during the late Eocene and early Oligocene period in North Africa. The first specimen was found in …

2024年6月21日 · Since its discovery in the Fayum at the turn on the XX th century, the extinct proboscidean Barytherium has remained elusive an d enigmatic, found only in a handful of north African localities.

Barytherium (meaning "heavy beast") is a genus of an extinct family (Barytheriidae) of primitive proboscideans that lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in North Africa. The Barytheriidae were the first large proboscideans to appear in the fossil records and were characterized by a strong sexual dimorphism.

Barytherium (meaning "heavy beast") is a genus of an extinct family (Barytheriidae) of primitive proboscideans that lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in North Africa. The type species is Barytherium grave, found at the beginning of the 20th century in Fayum, Egypt .[1]