Antilohyrax pectidens Rasmussen and Simons 2000 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons. 2000. Ecomorphological diversity among Paleogene hyracoids (Mammalia): a new cursorial browser from the Fayum, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):167-176

Belongs to Antilohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 2000

See also Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 42197, a skull (crushed cranium with right and left C-M3). Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation)

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