†Thyrohyrax litholagus Rasmussen and Simons 1991 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: D. Rasmussen and E. Simons. 1991. The oldest Egyptian Hyracoids (Mammalia: Pliohyracidae): New species of Saghatherium and Thyrohyrax from the Fayum. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 182:187-209
Belongs to Thyrohyrax according to D. Rasmussen and E. Simons 1991
See also Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010
Sister taxa: Thyrohyrax domorictus, Thyrohyrax kenyaensis, Thyrohyrax libycus, Thyrohyrax meyeri, Thyrohyrax microdon, Thyrohyrax pygmaeus
Type specimen: CGM 41880, a mandible (mandible with p3 to m3)
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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