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Afrohyrax

Osteichthyes - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Afrohyrax Pickford p. 684
2006Afrohyrax Tsujikawa and Pickford p. 9
2010Afrohyrax Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyTitanohyracidae
genusAfrohyrax

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.

G. †Afrohyrax Pickford 2004
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Afrohyrax championi Arambourg 1933
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya (Turkana) A. n. sp. (174662)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Kenya (Rift Valley) A. n. sp. (174664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Megalohyrax championi (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Uganda Megalohyrax championi (21723)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Megalohyrax championi (28441 192070)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia Pachyhyrax championi (47069)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Megalohyrax championi (38060)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Pliohyrax championi, Megalohyrax championi (122454)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Pachyhyrax championi (22069 22070)