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Archaeohyracidae âśť

Description

Archaeohyracidae is an extinct family comprising four genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through the Oligocene of South America.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4829990https://www.gbif.org/species/4829990
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43433https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43433
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Archaeohyracidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Archaeohyracidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
suborderHegetotheriaSimpson 1945
familyArchaeohyracidaeAmeghino 1897
Scientific NameArchaeohyracidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeohyracidaefamilybelongs to Hyracoideastated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Archaeohyracidaefamilybelongs to Toxodontiastated without evidenceGregory, 1910
Archaeohyracidaefamilybelongs to Hegetotheriastated with evidenceSimpson, 1967
Archaeohyracidaefamilybelongs to HegetotheroideaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Archaeohyracidaefamilybelongs to Hegetotheriastated without evidenceReguero et al., 2008
Archaeohyracidaefamilybelongs to Typotherioideastated without evidenceReguero and Prevosti, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)25
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeohyracidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acoelodus âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
448.6 Ma
Eocene
48.6 Ma
Eocene
Archaeohyrax âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2556.0 Ma
Paleocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Archaeotypotherium âśť
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
333.9 Ma
Oligocene
29.0 Ma
Oligocene
Bryanpattersonia âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
956.0 Ma
Paleocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Eohyrax âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1455.8 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Isolophodon âśť
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Protarchaeohyrax âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
333.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Pseudhyrax âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1956.0 Ma
Paleocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Punahyrax âśť
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
337.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Archaeohyracidae Ameghino p. 431
1910Archaeohyracidae Gregory p. 466
1967Archaeohyracidae Simpson
1988Archaeohyracidae Carroll
2008Archaeohyracidae Reguero et al.
2010Archaeohyracidae Reguero and Prevosti

References

Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
Gregory W. K. (1910) The orders of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 27, 1-524
Simpson G. G. (1967) The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part II., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 137, 1-260
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Reguero M. A., Croft D. C., et al (2008) Eocene archaeohyracids (Mammalia: Notoungulata: Hegetotheria) from the Puna, northwest Argentina, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 26, 225-233
Reguero M. A., Prevosti F. J. (2010) Rodent-like notoungulates (Typotheria) from Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina: phylogeny and systematics, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia, 148-165
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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