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Protarchaeohyrax

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Protarchaeohyrax Reguero et al. p. 3
2010Protarchaeohyrax Reguero and Prevosti

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
superfamilyTypotherioideaReguero and Castro 2004
familyArchaeohyracidae
genusProtarchaeohyrax

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. †Protarchaeohyrax Reguero et al. 2003
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†Protarchaeohyrax intermedium Reguero et al. 2003
†Protarchaeohyrax minor Reguero et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Tinguirirican or 48.00000 to 29.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) Bryanpattersonia sulcidens (38877)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Bryanpattersonia sulcidens (49901)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) P. gracilis (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina (Chubut) P. minor, Archaeohyrax gracilis (38653)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Chile Bryanpattersonia sp., Interatheriinae sp. nov. B (38072)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Argentina (Chubut) P. gracilis, P. minor (176201)