Daouitherium
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thumb|Daouitherium (A) and Numidotherium (B) lower dentition Scale bars: 5 mm
Daouitherium ("Sidi Daoui beast" from the name of the site where it was discovered) is an extinct genus of early proboscideans (a group including modern elephants and their extinct relatives) that lived during the early Eocene (Ypresian stage) some 55 million years ago in North Africa.
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