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Rupestrohyrax palustris

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Taxonomy
Rupestrohyrax palustris was named by Pickford (2015). Its type specimen is GSN ER 1’14, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eoridge, which is in a Bartonian spring marl in Namibia. It is the type species of Rupestrohyrax.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Rupestrohyrax palustris Pickford

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyTitanohyracidae
genusRupestrohyrax
speciespalustris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rupestrohyrax palustris Pickford 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available