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Procaviidae (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Hyracidae Gray p. 306
1850Hyracidae Bonaparte p. 1
1883Hyracidae Flower p. 185
1889Hyracidae Cope p. 876
1891Hyracidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90
1892Procaviidae Thomas
1982Procaviidae Olds and Shoshani p. 1
1988Procaviidae Carroll
1988Procaviidae Rasmussen and Simons p. 68
1989Procaviidae Prothero and Schoch p. 531
1991Procaviidae Nowak
1996Procaviidae Rasmussen et al. p. 746
2000Procaviidae Barry and Shoshani p. 1
2005Procaviidae Pickford p. 160 figs. Figure 15
2010Procaviidae Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 141

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892

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
G. †Gigantohyrax Kitching 1965
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Gigantohyrax maguirei Kitching 1965
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 obermeyerae Broom 1937
Procavia pliocenica Pickford 2005
Procavia robertsi Broom and Schepers 1946
Invalid names: Euhyrax Gray 1868 [synonym], Hyrax Herman 1783 [synonym]
G. †Prohyrax Stromer 1926
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Prohyrax hendeyi Pickford 1994
Prohyrax tertiarius Stromer 1922
Invalid names: Hyracidae Gray 1821 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available