Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: G. E. Meyer. 1973. A new Oligocene hyrax from the Jebel el Quatrani Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Postilla 163:1-11
Belongs to Thyrohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010
Sister taxa: Thyrohyrax kenyaensis, Thyrohyrax libycus, Thyrohyrax litholagus, Thyrohyrax meyeri, Thyrohyrax microdon, Thyrohyrax pygmaeus
Type specimen: CGM 40001, a mandible. Its type locality is Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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