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Prohyrax
Taxonomy
Prohyrax was named by Stromer (1926). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Pliohyracinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Procaviidae by Carroll (1988), Rasmussen et al. (1996); and to Pliohyracidae by Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010), Kalmykov (2013).
It was assigned to Pliohyracinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Procaviidae by Carroll (1988), Rasmussen et al. (1996); and to Pliohyracidae by Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010), Kalmykov (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Prohyrax Stromer |
| 1988 | Prohyrax Carroll |
| 1989 | Prohyrax Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
| 1996 | Prohyrax Rasmussen et al. p. 752 |
| 2010 | Prohyrax Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 140 |
| 2013 | Prohyrax Kalmykov p. 827 |
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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.
G. †Prohyrax Stromer 1926
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†Prohyrax hendeyi Pickford 1994
†Prohyrax tertiarius Stromer 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Namibia | P. sp. (70420) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya (Northern Frontier District) | P. tertiarius (122454) | |
| Astaracian | Greece (Crete) | P. hendeyi (208183) | |
| Middle Miocene | Namibia | P. hendeyi (21855) |