†Saghatherium Andrews and Beadnell 1902 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Parent taxon: Saghatheriinae according to N. Court and M. Mahboubi 1993
See also Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Matsumoto 1926, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010 and Rasmussen and Simons 1988
Sister taxa: Bunohyrax, Microhyrax, Seggeurius, Thyrohyrax
Subtaxa: Saghatherium annectens Saghatherium antiquum Saghatherium bowni Saghatherium euryodon Saghatherium humarum Saghatherium macrodon Saghatherium magnum Saghatherium majus Saghatherium minus Saghatherium sobrina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (3 collections), Libya (1), Oman (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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