†Selenohyrax Rasmussen and Simons 1988 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons. 1988. New Oligocene hyracoids from Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(1):67-83
Parent taxon: Pliohyracidae according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010
Sister taxa: Geniohyinae, Hengduanshanhyrax, Kvabebihyrax, Megalohyrax, Meroehyrax, Pachyhyrax, Parapliohyrax, Pliohyracinae, Pliohyrax, Postschizotherium, Saghatheriinae, Sogdohyrax
Subtaxa: Selenohyrax chatrathi
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry V (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)
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