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Procavia transvaalensis

Osteichthyes - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Taxonomy
Procavia transvaalensis was named by Shaw (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Procavia transvaalensis Shaw
2005Procavia transvaalensis Pickford p. 160 figs. Figure 15
2010Procavia transvaalensis Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 142

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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
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusProcaviaStorr 1780
speciestransvaalensisShaw 1937

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:17:36
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (22355)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (21960 207105)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (21824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (21825 21828 21829)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Procavia transvaalensis (21961)