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Pseudhyrax strangulatus

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae

Taxonomy
Eohyrax strangulatus was named by Ameghino (1901). Its type specimen is MACN 10774, partial right mandible bearing p4-m2, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Pseudhyrax strangulatus by Simpson (1967).

Entered
by D. Croft on 2004-04-22; modified by M. Carrano on 2015-07-26

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Eohyrax strangulatus Ameghino p. 363
1901Trimerostephanos cuneolus Ameghino p. 419
1967Pseudhyrax strangulatus Simpson

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
superfamilyTypotherioideaReguero and Castro 2004
familyArchaeohyracidae
genusPseudhyrax
speciesstrangulatus()

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.

†Pseudhyrax strangulatus Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Trimerostephanos cuneolus Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran - Mustersan56.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Eohyrax strangulatus (176462)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Eohyrax strangulatus, Trimerostephanos cuneolus (176286) Pseudhyrax strangulatus (176194 176290)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Chile Pseudhyrax smaller morph (38072)