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Titanohyracidae

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Titanohyracidae Matsumoto
2000Titanohyracinae Rasmussen and Simons p. 167
2004Titanohyracidae Pickford p. 678
2006Titanohyracidae Tsujikawa and Pickford p. 9
2010Titanohyracidae Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 136

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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
familyTitanohyracidae

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.

Fm. †Titanohyracidae Matsumoto 1926
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G. †Afrohyrax Pickford 2004
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Afrohyrax championi Arambourg 1933
G. †Antilohyrax Rasmussen and Simons 2000
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Antilohyrax pectidens Rasmussen and Simons 2000
G. †Rupestrohyrax Pickford 2015
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Rupestrohyrax palustris Pickford 2015
G. †Titanohyrax Matsumoto 1922
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Titanohyrax andrewsi Matsumoto 1922
Titanohyrax angustidens Rasmussen and Simons 1988
Titanohyrax mongereaui Sudre 1979
Titanohyrax schlosseri Matsumoto 1921
Titanohyrax tantulus Court and Hartenberger 1992
Titanohyrax ultimus Matsumoto 1922
Invalid names: Titanohyrax palaeotherioides Schlosser 1911 [nomen nudum]
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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Langhian or 56.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Titanohyrax mongereaui (77013) Titanohyrax tantulus (36612)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Tunisia Titanohyrax tantalus (87795)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar) Titanohyrax mongereaui (36615)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Rupestrohyrax palustris (180197) Titanohyracidae indet. (165176)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Egypt Antilohyrax sp. (187873)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Titanohyrax andrewsi, Titanohyrax ultimus (65960) Titanohyrax angustidens (12950 12954 12969) Titanohyrax sp. nov. B, Titanohyrax sp. nov. A (60127)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Libya Megalohyrax palaeotherioides (154222)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya (Turkana) Afrohyrax n. sp. (174662)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Kenya (Rift Valley) Afrohyrax n. sp. (174664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Megalohyrax championi (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Uganda Megalohyrax championi (21723)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Pachyhyrax championi (47069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Pliohyrax championi, Megalohyrax championi (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Megalohyrax championi (28441 192070)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Megalohyrax championi (38060)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Pachyhyrax championi (22069 22070)