Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Full reference: M. Pickford. 2005. Fossil hyraxes (Hyracoidea: Mammalia) from the Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene of Africa, and the phylogeny of the Procaviidae. Palaeontologia Africana 41:141-161
Belongs to Procavia according to M. Pickford 2005
Sister taxa: Procavia antiqua, Procavia capensis, Procavia obermeyerae, Procavia robertsi, Procavia transvaalensis
Type specimen: PQ L 23564, a mandible (mandible with both bodies but lacking incisors). Its type locality is Lang. E Quarry-PPM 3aN, which is in a Zanclean floodplain sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lang. E Quarry-PPM 3aN
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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