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Yerbua

Taxonomy
Yerbua was named by Forster (1778). It is extant.

Species

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
RankNameAuthor
genusYerbuaForster 1778

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Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 [South African springhare]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Pedetes capensis (21915 21956)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Pedetes capensis (21923)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Pedetes capensis (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Pedetes capensis (32115 32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Pedetes capensis (32090)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Pedetes capensis (32093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Pedetes capensis (21908 21909 21911 21912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Pedetes capensis (21866)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Pedetes capensis (32107)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Pedetes capensis (21693)