Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Full reference: J. Sudre. 1979. Nouveaux Mammifères Eocènes du Sahara Occidental. Palaeovertebrata 9(3):83-115
Belongs to Titanohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutiérrez 2010
See also Court and Hartenberger 1992 and Rasmussen and Simons 2000
Sister taxa: Titanohyrax andrewsi, Titanohyrax angustidens, Titanohyrax palaeotherioides, Titanohyrax schlosseri, Titanohyrax tantulus, Titanohyrax ultimus
Type specimen: GZ-I, a tooth (M2/). Its type locality is Glib Zegdou Locus 4, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian lacustrine marl in Algeria.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Algeria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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