Thyrohyrax meyeri Rasmussen and Simons 1991 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Full reference: D. Rasmussen and E. Simons. 1991. The oldest Egyptian Hyracoids (Mammalia: Pliohyracidae): New species of Saghatherium and Thyrohyrax from the Fayum. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 182:187-209

Belongs to Thyrohyrax according to D. Rasmussen and E. Simons 1991

See also Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010

Sister taxa: Thyrohyrax domorictus, Thyrohyrax kenyaensis, Thyrohyrax libycus, Thyrohyrax litholagus, Thyrohyrax microdon, Thyrohyrax pygmaeus

Type specimen: CGM 41882, a mandible (partial mandible with p1 to m3)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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