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Afrohyrax
Taxonomy
Afrohyrax was named by Pickford (2004).
It was assigned to Titanohyracidae by Pickford (2004), Tsujikawa and Pickford (2006) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
It was assigned to Titanohyracidae by Pickford (2004), Tsujikawa and Pickford (2006) and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Afrohyrax Pickford p. 684 |
| 2006 | Afrohyrax Tsujikawa and Pickford p. 9 |
| 2010 | Afrohyrax Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 138 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Langhian or 28.40000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya (Turkana) | A. n. sp. (174662) | |
| Aquitanian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | A. n. sp. (174664) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Uganda | Megalohyrax championi (21723) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Megalohyrax championi (70808) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | Megalohyrax championi (28441 192070) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Megalohyrax championi (38060) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | Pachyhyrax championi (47069) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya (Northern Frontier District) | Pliohyrax championi, Megalohyrax championi (122454) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Pachyhyrax championi (22069 22070) |