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Myohyracidae
Taxonomy
Myohyracinae was named by Andrews (1914).
It was reranked as the family Myohyracidae by Senut and Pickford (2021).
It was assigned to Macroscelididae by Van Valen (1967) and Butler (1984); and to Macroscelidea by Senut and Pickford (2021).
It was reranked as the family Myohyracidae by Senut and Pickford (2021).
It was assigned to Macroscelididae by Van Valen (1967) and Butler (1984); and to Macroscelidea by Senut and Pickford (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1914 | Myohyracinae Andrews |
1967 | Myohyracinae Van Valen |
1984 | Myohyracinae Butler |
2021 | Myohyracidae Senut and Pickford |
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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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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Serravallian or 41.30000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bartonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Myohyrax sp., Promyohyrax namibiensis (165176) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Myohyrax oswaldi (146600) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Namibia | Myohyrax oswaldi (70420) | |
Burdigalian | Uganda | Myohyrax oswaldi (192070) | |
Middle Miocene | Namibia | Myohyrax sp. (21855) | |
Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Myohyrax sp. (21340) |