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Titanohyrax andrewsi

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Taxonomy
Titanohyrax andrewsi was named by Matsumoto (1922). Its type specimen is CGM 8822-3, a mandible (partial mandible with left i1–i2, p3–m2, and right p3–m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Titanohyrax andrewsi Matsumoto
1926Titanohyrax andrewsi Matsumoto
1979Titanohyrax andrewsi Sudre p. 93
1988Titanohyrax andrewsi Rasmussen and Simons p. 72
1992Titanohyrax andrewsi Court and Hartenberger p. 310
2000Titanohyrax andrewsi Rasmussen and Simons p. 167
2010Titanohyrax andrewsi 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
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyTitanohyracidae
genusTitanohyraxMatsumoto 1922
speciesandrewsiMatsumoto 1922

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 andrewsi Matsumoto 1922
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Titanohyrax andrewsi (65960)