Archaeohyrax
| Archaeohyrax | |
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| Archaeohyrax patagonicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Family: | †Archaeohyracidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeohyrax Ameghino, 1897 |
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| Archaeohyrax patagonicus Ameghino, 1897
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Archaeohyrax is a genus of extinct, notoungulate mammal known from the Middle Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina and Bolivia.[1][2]
Description[]
The holotype of the type species, A. patagonicus, is a skull with a tall, blunt muzzle, and high-crowned cheek teeth. If the skull is compared to those of the superficially similar hyraxes, the remains suggest a small animal about 45 centimetres (18 in) long. Fossils of Archaeohyrax have been found in the , Agua de la Piedra, and of Argentina and the of the of Bolivia.[3]
References[]
- ^ Billet, G., B. Patterson, and C. de Muizon. "The latest Archaeohyracid representatives (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Deseadan of Bolivia and Argentina." 4th European Meeting on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America. E. Dıaz-Martınez and I. Rábano (eds.). Cuadernos del Museo Geominero. Eds. E. Díaz-Martínez, and I. Rábano. Vol. 8. 2007. [1]
- ^ McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- ^ Archaeohyrax at Fossilworks.org
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Categories:
- Notoungulates
- Eocene genus first appearances
- Oligocene extinctions
- Eocene mammals of South America
- Oligocene mammals of South America
- Deseadan
- Tinguirirican
- Divisaderan
- Mustersan
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Paleogene Bolivia
- Fossils of Bolivia
- Fossil taxa described in 1897
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric mammal stubs