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Myohyracidae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae

Taxonomy
Myohyracinae was named by Andrews (1914).

It was reranked as the family Myohyracidae by Senut and Pickford (2021).

It was assigned to Macroscelididae by Van Valen (1967) and Butler (1984); and to Macroscelidea by Senut and Pickford (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Myohyracinae Andrews
1967Myohyracinae Van Valen
1984Myohyracinae Butler
2021Myohyracidae Senut and Pickford

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
familyMyohyracidae(Andrews 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.

Fm. †Myohyracidae Andrews 1914
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G. †Myohyrax Andrews 1914
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Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews 1914
G. †Promyohyrax Senut and Pickford 2021
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Promyohyrax namibiensis Senut and Pickford 2021
G. †Protypotheroides Stromer 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Serravallian or 41.30000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Myohyrax sp., Promyohyrax namibiensis (165176)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Myohyrax oswaldi (146600)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia Myohyrax oswaldi (70420)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Myohyrax oswaldi (192070)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Myohyrax sp. (21855)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Myohyrax sp. (21340)