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Omanitherium
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<p><i>Omanitherium</i> (meaning "Oman beast" in <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>) is an extinct <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of barytheriid <a href="/facts/Proboscidean/Dzk4qsH0">proboscidean</a> that lived during the early <a href="/facts/Oligocene/n3gnNogo">Oligocene</a> in Oman. It belongs to the family Barytheriidae, which represented the first large size proboscideans to appear in the fossil record and were characterized by a strong <a href="/facts/Sexual_dimorphism/nx9wulFy">sexual dimorphism</a>. </p><p> A cladogram of Proboscidea based on the phylogenetic analysis of Hautier et al. 2021 is below:</p> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Proboscidea/Dzk4qsH0">Proboscidea</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Eritherium/clM78fcK">Eritherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Phosphatherium/kp3e5FjJ">Phosphatherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Daouitherium/Efbhr0d3">Daouitherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Numidotherium/bcu7tJM9">Numidotherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Barytherium/MCFR0WWq">Barytherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Arcanotherium/nElJfYnG">Arcanotherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i>Omanitherium</i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Saloumia/6zat06So">Saloumia</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Moeritherium/bNoUotyP">Moeritherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Deinotheriidae/dj1TMDUg">Deinotheriidae</a></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Elephantiformes/wyhvr4Kv">Elephantiformes</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Dagbatitherium/28NpNPk8">Dagbatitherium</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Palaeomastodon/2RceHL7m">Palaeomastodon</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Phiomia/aoB5eLYS">Phiomia</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><a href="/facts/Elephantimorpha/YKhYACB2">Elephantimorpha</a></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table>