Titanohyrax Matsumoto 1922 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Parent taxon: Titanohyracinae according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 2000

See also Carroll 1988, Court and Hartenberger 1992, Hartenberger et al. 2001, Matsumoto 1926, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010, Rasmussen and Simons 1988 and Sudre 1979

Sister taxa: Afrohyrax, Antilohyrax, Rupestrohyrax

Subtaxa: Titanohyrax andrewsi Titanohyrax angustidens Titanohyrax mongereaui Titanohyrax palaeotherioides Titanohyrax schlosseri Titanohyrax tantulus Titanohyrax ultimus

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (5 collections), Libya (1)

• Eocene of Algeria (3), Tunisia (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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