''Dimaitherium'' is an extinct hyracoid which existed in what is now

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

, during the late

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

period. It was first named by Eugenie Barrow, Erik R. Seiffert, and Elwyn L. Simons in 2010. The type species is ''Dimaitherium patnaiki''.

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Prehistoric hyraxes Fossil taxa described in 2010 Eocene mammals Eocene mammals of Africa Prehistoric placental genera {{paleo-afrotheria-stub