Rukwalorax Stevens et al. 2009 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea

Full reference: N. J. Stevens, P. M. O'Connor, and E. M. Roberts. 2009. A hyracoid from the late Oligocene Red Sandstone Group of Tanzania, Rukwalorax jinokitana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):972-975

Parent taxon: Hyracoidea according to N. J. Stevens et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Dimaitherium, Namahyrax, Pliohyracidae, Procaviamorpha, Procaviidae, Pseudhippomorpha, Titanohyracidae

Subtaxa: Rukwalorax jinokitana

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Type: Rukwalorax jinokitana

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at TZ-01 (Oligocene of Tanzania)

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