Barytheriidae

Barytheriidae; Temporal range:
	Barytherium molar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Barytheriidae; C.W. Andrews, 1906
Genera
	†Barytherium C.W. Andrews, 1901; †Omanitherium Seiffert et al., 2012;

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.

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