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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), Kalmykov (2013).
It was assigned to Pliohyracinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Pliohyracidae by Carroll (1988), 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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 9.67000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Türkiye (Usak) | P. graceus (34462) | |
| MN 10 | France (Region Rhone-Alpes) | P. rossignoli (36634) | |
| Turolian | Türkiye | P. graecus (151910) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Euboea) | P. graecus (202213) | |
| Turolian | Afghanistan | P. sp. (75492) |