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Pseudhyrax ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829994	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829994
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43438	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43438

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Archaeohyracidae : Pseudhyrax

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Archaeohyracidae : Pseudhyrax

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Notoungulata	Roth 1903
suborder	Hegetotheria	Simpson 1945
family	Archaeohyracidae	Ameghino 1897
genus	Pseudhyrax	Ameghino 1901

Scientific Name

Pseudhyrax Ameghino, 1901

Name Published In

Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 16

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudhyrax	genus	belongs to Archaeohyracidae	stated with evidence	Ameghino, 1901
Pseudhyrax	genus	belongs to Archaeohyracidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Pseudhyrax	genus	belongs to Archaeohyracidae	stated without evidence	Reguero and Prevosti, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 42.0 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Notoungulata)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eohyrax strangulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	48.6 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1901	Pseudhyrax Ameghino p. 362
1902	Degonia Roth p. 251
1902	Pseudopithecus Roth p. 251
1902	Rankelia Roth p. 252
1967	Pseudhyrax Simpson
1988	Pseudhyrax Carroll
2010	Pseudhyrax Reguero and Prevosti

References

Ameghino F. (1901) Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia], Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16, 349-429

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., 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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 16 - 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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