Name: Arsinoitherium (Arsinoe’s beast, after Queen Arsinoe I of Ancient Egypt).
Phonetic: Ar-sin-oy-fee-ree-um.
Named By: H. G. C. Beadnell - 1902.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Afrotheria, Embrithopoda, Arsinoitheriidae.
Species: A. zitteli (type), A. andrewsi, A. giganteus.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: About 1.75 meters high at the shoulder and 3 meters long.
Known locations: Egypt - Jebel Qatrani Formation, Ethiopia, Oman - Aydim Formation, Saudi Arabia - Shumaysi Formation.
Time period: Bartonian of the Eocene through to the Chattian of the Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Many individuals, some almost complete.
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