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Bunohyrax fajumensis

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Taxonomy
Geniohyus fajumensis was named by Andrews (1904). Its type specimen is BMNH 8435, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bunohyrax fajumensis by Matsumoto (1926), Rasmussen and Simons (1988), Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Geniohyus fajumensis Andrews p. 162
1906Geniohyus fajumensis Andrews p. 195
1926Bunohyrax fajumensis Matsumoto
1988Bunohyrax fajumensis Rasmussen and Simons p. 70
2010Bunohyrax fajumensis Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 129

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidae
subfamilySaghatheriinae()
genusBunohyraxSchlosser 1910
speciesfajumensis(Andrews 1904)

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.

Bunohyrax fajumensis Andrews 1904
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Geniohyus fajumensis (65960)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Angola (Cabinda) Geniohyus fajumensis (56682)