Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: G. E. Meyer. 1973. A new Oligocene hyrax from the Jebel el Quatrani Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Postilla 163:1-11
Parent taxon: Saghatheriinae according to N. Court and M. Mahboubi 1993
See also Carroll 1988, Meyer 1973, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009, Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010 and Rasmussen and Simons 1988
Sister taxa: Bunohyrax, Microhyrax, Saghatherium, Seggeurius
Subtaxa: Thyrohyrax domorictus Thyrohyrax kenyaensis Thyrohyrax libycus Thyrohyrax litholagus Thyrohyrax meyeri Thyrohyrax microdon Thyrohyrax pygmaeus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Egypt (12), Kenya (1), Libya (1), Oman (2)
• Eocene of Algeria (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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