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Pliohyrax
Taxonomy
Pliohyrax was named by Osborn (1899). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Pliohyracinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Pliohyracidae by Carroll (1988) and Kalmykov (2013).
It was assigned to Pliohyracinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Pliohyracidae by Carroll (1988) and Kalmykov (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1899 | Pliohyrax Osborn |
| 1988 | Pliohyrax Carroll |
| 1989 | Pliohyrax Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
| 2013 | Pliohyrax Kalmykov p. 827 |
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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. †Pliohyrax Osborn 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Usak) | P. graceus (34462) | |
| MN 10 | France (Region Rhone-Alpes) | P. rossignoli (36634) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Euboea) | P. graecus (202213) | |
| Turolian | Turkey | P. graecus (151910) | |
| Turolian | Afghanistan | P. sp. (75492) |