Boualitominae ("Bou Ali cutters") is an extinct paraphyletic clade of predatory placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from middle Paleocene to late Eocene deposits in Africa.E. Gheerbrant, M. Iarochene, M. Amaghzaz and B. Bouya (2006.) "Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta." Geological Magazine 143(4):475-489
Classification and phylogeny Taxonomy Clade: †Boualitominae Genus: †Boualitomus †Boualitomus marocanensis Genus: †Lahimia †Lahimia selloumi Incertae sedis: †Boualitominae sp. [Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt] †Boualitominae sp. [Quarry L-41, Fayum, Egypt] Borths, Matthew R., Heritage, Steven, Gunnell, Gregg, Friscia, Anthony, Seiffert, Erik (2020) "Persistence of the oldest hyaenodont clade through the Eocene of Africa", in "The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th annual meeting - Virtual 2020"
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