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Titanohyrax ultimus

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Taxonomy
Titanohyrax ultimus was named by Matsumoto (1922). Its type specimen is BMNH M12057, a set of teeth (four heavily worn, isolated teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Titanohyrax ultimus Matsumoto
1926Titanohyrax ultimus Matsumoto
1988Titanohyrax ultimus Rasmussen and Simons p. 73
1992Titanohyrax ultimus Court and Hartenberger p. 310
2000Titanohyrax ultimus Rasmussen and Simons p. 168
2010Titanohyrax ultimus 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
speciesultimusMatsumoto 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 ultimus 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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Titanohyrax ultimus (65960)