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Procaviidae (hyrax)
Taxonomy
Procaviidae was named by Thomas (1892). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hyracoidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Procaviamorpha by Pickford (2005); and to Hyracoidea by Olds and Shoshani (1982), Rasmussen and Simons (1988), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Rasmussen et al. (1996), Barry and Shoshani (2000) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
It was assigned to Hyracoidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Procaviamorpha by Pickford (2005); and to Hyracoidea by Olds and Shoshani (1982), Rasmussen and Simons (1988), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Rasmussen et al. (1996), Barry and Shoshani (2000) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1821 | Hyracidae Gray p. 306 |
1850 | Hyracidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
1883 | Hyracidae Flower p. 185 |
1889 | Hyracidae Cope p. 876 |
1891 | Hyracidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90 |
1892 | Procaviidae Thomas |
1982 | Procaviidae Olds and Shoshani p. 1 |
1988 | Procaviidae Carroll |
1988 | Procaviidae Rasmussen and Simons p. 68 |
1989 | Procaviidae Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
1991 | Procaviidae Nowak |
1996 | Procaviidae Rasmussen et al. p. 746 |
2000 | Procaviidae Barry and Shoshani p. 1 |
2005 | Procaviidae Pickford p. 160 figs. Figure 15 |
2010 | Procaviidae Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 141 |
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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. Procaviidae Thomas 1892 [hyrax]
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G. Dendrohyrax Gray 1868 [tree hyrax]
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Dendrohyrax arboreus Smith 1827 [southern tree hyrax]
†Dendrohyrax samueli Pickford 2005
Procavia (Dendrohyrax) crawshayi Thomas 1900
G. Heterohyrax Gray 1868 [rock hyrax]
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†Heterohyrax auricampensis Rasmussen et al. 1996
Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 [rock hyrax]
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Invalid names: Dendrohyrax (Heterohyrax) blainvillii Gray 1868 [synonym], Procavia pumila Thomas 1901 [synonym]
G. Procavia Storr 1780 [Cape hyrax]
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†Procavia antiqua Broom 1934
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 [Cape hyrax]
Procavia capensis johnstoni Thomas 1894
†Procavia obermeyerae Broom 1937
†Procavia pliocenica Pickford 2005
†Procavia robertsi Broom and Schepers 1946
†Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937
Invalid names: Euhyrax Gray 1868 [synonym], Hyrax Herman 1783 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hyracidae Gray 1821 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available