Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Synonym: Mixohyrax Schlosser 1910
Parent taxon: Pliohyracidae according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Matsumoto 1926, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010 and Sudre 1979
Sister taxa: Geniohyinae, Hengduanshanhyrax, Kvabebihyrax, Meroehyrax, Pachyhyrax, Parapliohyrax, Pliohyracinae, Pliohyrax, Postschizotherium, Saghatheriinae, Selenohyrax, Sogdohyrax
Subtaxa: Megalohyrax eocaenus Megalohyrax gevini Megalohyrax major Megalohyrax minor Mixohyrax niloticus Mixohyrax suillus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Egypt (4), Ethiopia (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Eocene of Algeria (2)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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