Namahyrax Pickford et al. 2008 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea

Full reference: M. Pickford, B. Senut, J. Morales, P. Mein, and I. M. Sanchez. 2008. Mammalia from the Lutetian of Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20:465-514

Parent taxon: Hyracoidea according to M. Pickford et al. 2008

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

Subtaxa: Namahyrax corvus

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Type: Namahyrax corvus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Black Crow (Eocene of Namibia)

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