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Microhyrax

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Microhyrax Sudre p. 95 figs. Pl.1, fig 2-3
1989Microhyrax Prothero and Schoch p. 530
1993Microhyrax Court and Mahboubi p. 892
2010Microhyrax Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 131

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidae
subfamilySaghatheriinae()
genusMicrohyrax

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. †Microhyrax Sudre 1979
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Microhyrax lavocati Sudre 1979
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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria M. lavocati (215025)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) M. lavocati (77014 77015 77016 77019)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Algeria (Bechar) M. lavocati (36613)