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Heterohyrax auricampensis

Osteichthyes - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Taxonomy
Heterohyrax auricampensis was named by Rasmussen et al. (1996). Its type specimen is BER I 31'91a, a mandible (right mandible with p3-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Berk Aukas Site I, which is in a MN 9 fissure fill breccia in Namibia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Heterohyrax auricampensis Rasmussen et al. p. 746
2000Heterohyrax auricampensis Barry and Shoshani p. 1
2010Heterohyrax auricampensis Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 142

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusHeterohyrax(Gray 1868)
speciesauricampensis

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.

†Heterohyrax auricampensis Rasmussen et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available