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Myohyracidae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae

Taxonomy
Myohyracinae was named by Andrews (1914).

It was reranked as the family Myohyracidae by Senut and Pickford (2021).

It was assigned to Macroscelididae by Van Valen (1967), Butler (1984); and to Macroscelidea by Senut and Pickford (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Myohyracinae Andrews
1967Myohyracinae Van Valen
1984Myohyracinae Butler
2021Myohyracidae Senut and Pickford

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMyohyracidae(Andrews 1914)
familyMyohyracidae(Andrews 1914)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Myohyracidae Andrews 1914
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G. †Myohyrax Andrews 1914
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†Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews 1914
G. †Promyohyrax Senut and Pickford 2021
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†Promyohyrax namibiensis Senut and Pickford 2021
G. †Protypotheroides Stromer 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available