Geniohyus mirus Andrews 1904 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Belongs to Geniohyus according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988

See also Andrews 1906, Matsumoto 1926 and Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010

Sister taxa: Geniohyus diphycus, Geniohyus gigas, Geniohyus magnus, Geniohyus micrognathus, Geniohyus subgigas

Type specimen: CGM 8634, a mandible

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at NNW of Birket Qarun (Oligocene of Egypt)

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