†Geniohyus mirus Andrews 1904 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Belongs to Geniohyus according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Andrews 1906, Matsumoto 1926 and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010
Sister taxa: Geniohyus diphycus, Geniohyus gigas, Geniohyus magnus, Geniohyus micrognathus, Geniohyus subgigas
Type specimen: CGM 8634, a mandible
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at NNW of Birket Qarun (Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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