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Titanohyrax angustidens

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Taxonomy
Titanohyrax angustidens was named by Rasmussen and Simons (1988). Its type specimen is CGM 42848, a mandible (partial left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry V (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. tantalus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Titanohyrax angustidens Rasmussen and Simons pp. 73-75 fig. 5
1992Titanohyrax angustidens Court and Hartenberger p. 310
2000Titanohyrax angustidens Rasmussen and Simons p. 168
2010Titanohyrax angustidens Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 137

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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
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyTitanohyracidae
genusTitanohyraxMatsumoto 1922
speciesangustidens

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.

†Titanohyrax angustidens Rasmussen and Simons 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:57:48
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:57:48
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Titanohyrax angustidens (type locality: 12950 12954 12969)