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Dendrohyrax samueli

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Taxonomy
Dendrohyrax samueli was named by Pickford (2005). Its type specimen is Bar 961'01, a partial skull (palate with much of the dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aragai - Tugen Hills, which is in a Messinian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Lukeino Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Dendrohyrax samueli Pickford p. 149 figs. Fig. 9

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusDendrohyraxGray 1868
speciessamueli

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.

†Dendrohyrax samueli Pickford 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available