Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: C. W. Andrews and H. J. L. Beadnell. 1902. A preliminary note on some new mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt. Survey Department, Public Works Ministry, Egypt.
Belongs to Saghatherium according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Andrews 1906, Andrews and Beadnell 1902, Matsumoto 1926 and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010
Sister taxa: Saghatherium annectens, Saghatherium bowni, Saghatherium euryodon, Saghatherium humarum, Saghatherium macrodon, Saghatherium magnum, Saghatherium majus, Saghatherium minus, Saghatherium sobrina
Type specimen: CGM 8635, a partial skull (right maxilla with P1 to M3, left maxilla with M1 to M3, and portions of the skull)
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Libya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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