Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Alternative combination: Archaeohyrax gracilis
Full reference: S. Roth. 1904. Noticias preliminares sobre nuevos mamíferos fósiles del Cretáceo superior y Terciario inferior de la Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata 11:135-158
Belongs to Protarchaeohyrax according to M. A. Reguero et al. 2003
See also Simpson 1967
Sister taxa: Protarchaeohyrax intermedium, Protarchaeohyrax minor
Type specimen: MLP 12-1522, fragment of left maxilla bearing P1-M3, and MLP 12-1518 (Roth’s #, a maxilla. Its type locality is Cañadón Blanco, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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