Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Full reference: N. Court and J.-L. Hartenberger. 1992. A new species of the hyracoid mammal Titanohyax from the Eocene of Tunisia. Palaeontology 35(2):309-317
Belongs to Titanohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutiérrez 2010
See also Court and Hartenberger 1992, Hartenberger et al. 2001 and Rasmussen and Simons 2000
Sister taxa: Titanohyrax andrewsi, Titanohyrax angustidens, Titanohyrax mongereaui, Titanohyrax palaeotherioides, Titanohyrax schlosseri, Titanohyrax ultimus
Type specimen: CBI 42, a maxilla (right juvenile maxillary fragment with a fragment of DP3 and complete DP4-M2). Its type locality is Jebel Chambi, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian lacustrine limestone in the Chambi Formation of Tunisia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Algeria (1 collection), Tunisia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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