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Megalohyrax eocaenus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4969004https://www.gbif.org/species/4969004
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)86185https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86185
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyracoidea : Pliohyracidae : Megalohyrax : Megalohyrax eocaenus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyracoidea : Pliohyracidae : Megalohyrax : Megalohyrax eocaenus
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
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-PaenungulatomorphaGheerbrant et al. 2016
-PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidaeOsborn 1899
genusMegalohyraxAndrews 1903
speciesMegalohyrax eocaenusAndrews 1903
Generic NameMegalohyrax
Scientific NameMegalohyrax eocaenus Andrews, 1903
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megalohyrax eocaenusspeciesbelongs to Megalohyraxstated without evidenceAndrews, 1903
Megalohyrax eocaenusspeciesbelongs to Megalohyraxstated with evidenceRasmussen and Simons, 1988
Megalohyrax eocaenusspeciesbelongs to Megalohyraxstated without evidenceThewissen and Simons, 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Hyracoidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Megalohyrax eocaenus Andrews p. 92 figs. Plate VI, Figs 1, 2
1979Megalohyrax eocaenus Sudre p. 90
1988Megalohyrax eocaenus Rasmussen and Simons p. 72
2001Megalohyrax eocaenus Thewissen and Simons p. 98
2010Megalohyrax eocaenus Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 135

References

Andrews C. W. (1906) , A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt, 1-324
Sudre J. (1979) Nouveaux Mammifères Eocènes du Sahara Occidental, Palaeovertebrata 9 3, 83-115
Rasmussen D. T., Simons E. L. (1988) New Oligocene hyracoids from Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8 1, 67-83
Thewissen J. G. M., Simons E. L. (2001) Skull of Megalohyrax eocaenus (Hyracoidea, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 1, 98-106
Rasmussen D. T., Gutiérrez M. (2010) Hyracoidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 123-145
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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