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Meroehyrax bateae

Osteichthyes - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Taxonomy
Meroehyrax bateae was named by Whitworth (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2009-04-26; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Meroehyrax bateae Whitworth
1954Meroehyrax bateae Whtiworth
2004Meroehyrax bateae Pickford p. 678
2010Meroehyrax bateae Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 140

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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
familyPliohyracidae
genusMeroehyraxWhitworth 1954
speciesbateaeWhitworth 1954

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.

Meroehyrax bateae Whitworth 1954
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available