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Brachyhyrax oligocenus

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Taxonomy
Brachyhyrax oligocenus was named by Rasmussen and Gutierrez (2009). Its type specimen is KNM-NW 22593, a mandible (Right and left lower tooth rows), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Benson's Site, which is in an Aquitanian floodplain siltstone in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Brachyhyrax oligocenus Rasmussen and Gutierrez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidae
subfamilyGeniohyinae()
genusBrachyhyrax
speciesoligocenus

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.

†Brachyhyrax oligocenus Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 27.30000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya (Turkana) Brachyhyrax oligocenus (174662)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Kenya (Rift Valley) Brachyhyrax oligocenus (type locality: 174664)