Promyohyrax Senut and Pickford 2021 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae

Full reference: B. Senut and M. Pickford. 2021. Micro-cursorial mammals from the late Eocene tufas at Eocliff, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 23:90-160

Parent taxon: Myohyracidae according to B. Senut and M. Pickford 2021

Sister taxa: Myohyrax, Protypotheroides

Subtaxa: Promyohyrax namibiensis

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Type: Promyohyrax namibiensis

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Eocliff (Eocene of Namibia)

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