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Myohyrax

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae

Taxonomy
Myohyrax was named by Andrews (1914). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Myohyracinae by Van Valen (1967) and Butler (1984); and to Macroscelididae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
M. oswaldi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Myohyrax Andrews
1967Myohyrax Van Valen
1984Myohyrax Butler
1997Myohyrax McKenna and Bell

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMyohyracidae(Andrews 1914)
genusMyohyraxAndrews 1914

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. †Myohyrax Andrews 1914
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†Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available