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Saghatheriinae

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Taxonomy

Saghatheriidae was named by Andrews (1906). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Saghatheriinae by Sudre (1979), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Court and Mahboubi (1993) and Pickford (2005).

It was assigned to Hyracoidea by Andrews (1906); to Pliohyracidae by Sudre (1979), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Court and Mahboubi (1993); to Procaviamorpha by Pickford (2004) and Pickford (2005); and to Hyracoidea by Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (2010).

Subtaxa

Bunohyrax, Microhyrax, Saghatherium, Seggeurius, Thyrohyrax

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Saghatheriidae Andrews p. 84
1979	Saghatheriinae Sudre p. 90
1989	Saghatheriinae Prothero and Schoch p. 530
1993	Saghatheriinae Court and Mahboubi p. 889
2004	Saghatheriidae Pickford p. 678
2005	Saghatheriinae Pickford p. 160
2010	Saghatheriidae Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 131

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Paenungulatomorpha
—	Paenungulata	Simpson 1945
order	Hyracoidea	Huxley 1869
family	Pliohyracidae
subfamily	Saghatheriinae	()
subfamily	Saghatheriinae	()

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.

Subfm. Saghatheriinae Andrews 1906

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G. †Bunohyrax Schlosser 1910

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†Bunohyrax affinis Matsumoto 1926

†Bunohyrax fajumensis Andrews 1904

†Bunohyrax major Andrews 1904

†Bunohyrax matsumatoi Tabuce et al. 2000

†Bunohyrax matusmotoi Tabuce 2000

G. †Microhyrax Sudre 1979

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†Microhyrax lavocati Sudre 1979

G. †Saghatherium Andrews and Beadnell 1902

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†Saghatherium annectens Matsumoto 1926

†Saghatherium antiquum Andrews and Beadnell 1902

†Saghatherium bowni Rasmussen and Simons 1991

†Saghatherium euryodon Matsumoto 1926

†Saghatherium humarum Rasmussen and Simons 1988

†Saghatherium macrodon Matsumoto 1926

†Saghatherium magnum Andrews 1904

†Saghatherium majus Andrews 1906

†Saghatherium minus Andrews and Beadnell 1902

†Saghatherium sobrina Matsumoto 1926

G. †Seggeurius Crochet 1986

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†Seggeurius amourensis Crochet 1986

G. †Thyrohyrax Meyer 1973

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†Thyrohyrax domorictus Meyer 1973

†Thyrohyrax kenyaensis Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009

†Thyrohyrax libycus Coster et al. 2015

†Thyrohyrax litholagus Rasmussen and Simons 1991

†Thyrohyrax meyeri Rasmussen and Simons 1991

†Thyrohyrax microdon Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009

†Thyrohyrax pygmaeus Matsumoto 1921

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: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 55.80000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Algeria	Seggeurius amourensis (71984)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	Algeria (Bechar region)	Bunohyrax sp. (77017) Microhyrax lavocati (77015 77016 77019) Thyrohyrax sp., Microhyrax lavocati (77014)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	Algeria	Microhyrax lavocati (215025)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	55.8 - 37.71	Algeria (Bechar)	Microhyrax lavocati (36613)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.3 - 33.9	Algeria	Bunohyrax matsumotoi (59733)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Libya	Saghatherium sp. (180110)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Libya (Sirt Basin)	Thyrohyrax libycus (166446)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Oman (Dhofar)	Saghatherium bowni, Thyrohyrax meyeri (175334) Thyrohyrax meyeri (162464)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Angola (Cabinda)	Bunohyrax mirus, Geniohyus fajumensis (56682)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Egypt (Fayum)	Bunohyrax sp., Saghatherium bowni, Thyrohyrax meyeri, Thyrohyrax litholagos (60127) Geniohyus major, Saghatherium magnum, Saghatherium antiquum, Saghatherium minus, Saghatherium majus, Geniohyus fajumensis (65960) Saghatherium humarum, Thyrohyrax domorictus (12950) Thyrohyrax domorictus (12954 12956 12960 12969 13070 13071) Thyrohyrax sp. (12968) Thyrohyrax sp., Thyrohyrax pygmaeus (12964)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Egypt	Thyrohyrax domorictus (71943)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Kenya	Saghatheriinae indet. (166975 174673)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Kenya (Turkana)	Thyrohyrax kenyaensis (174662)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Ethiopia	Bunohyrax sp. (71941)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Kenya (Rift Valley)	Thyrohyrax kenyaensis, Thyrohyrax microdon (174664)