Rhynchocyon Peters 1847 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae
Synonym: Rhinonax Thomas 1918
Parent taxon: Rhynchocyonidae according to B. Senut and M. Pickford 2021
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Brevirhynchocyon, Eorhynchocyon, Hypsorhynchocyon, Miorhynchocyon
Subtaxa: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Rhynchocyon cirnei Rhynchocyon clarki Rhynchocyon petersi Rhynchocyon rusingae
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene of Kenya (3)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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