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Prohyrax ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7237031https://www.gbif.org/species/7237031
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43296https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43296
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Prohyrax
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyracoidea : Procaviidae : Prohyrax
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
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusProhyraxBroom 1930
Scientific NameProhyrax Broom, 1930
Name Published InNature, 125
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prohyraxgenusbelongs to ProcaviidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Prohyraxgenusbelongs to Pliohyracinaestated without evidenceProthero and Schoch, 1989
Prohyraxgenusbelongs to Procaviidaestated with evidenceRasmussen et al., 1996
Prohyraxgenusbelongs to Pliohyracidaestated without evidenceRasmussen and Gutiérrez, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Procaviidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Prohyrax hendeyi ✝
species		listed (PBDB)123.0 Ma
Miocene		23.0 Ma
Miocene
Prohyrax tertiarius ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		120.4 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1926Prohyrax Stromer
1988Prohyrax Carroll
1989Prohyrax Prothero and Schoch p. 531
1996Prohyrax Rasmussen et al. p. 752
2010Prohyrax Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 140
2013Prohyrax Kalmykov p. 827

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Prothero D. R., Schoch R. M. (1989) Classification of the Perissodactyla, The Evolution of Perissodactyla, 530-537
Rasmussen D. T., Pickford M., et al (1996) Earliest known procaviid hyracoid from the late Miocene of Namibia, Journal of Mammalogy 77 3, 745-754
Rasmussen D. T., Gutiérrez M. (2010) Hyracoidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 123-145
Kalmykov N. P. (2013) The First Find of Hyrax (Mammalia, Hyracoidea, Postschizotherium)\r\nin Russia (Western Transbaikal Region), Doklady Earth Sciences 451 2, 827-829 doi:10.1134/S1028334X13080278
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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
Nature, 125 - 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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