Microhyrax

Microhyrax
Temporal range: Eocene 55.8–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Hyracoidea
Family: †Pliohyracidae
Subfamily: †Saghatheriinae
Genus: †Microhyrax
Sudre, 1979
Species:
†M. lavocati
Binomial name
†Microhyrax lavocati
Sudre, 1979

Microhyrax was a prehistoric genus of herbivorous hyrax-grouped mammal. It lived during the Eocene period from 55.8 to 40.4 million years ago in modern-day Algeria.[1]

Cladogram

A phylogeny of hyracoids known from the early Eocene through the middle Oligocene epoch.[2]

Eutheria
  1. ^ Modern day hyrax species (Procaviidae) may have evolved from smaller members of one of the Saghatheriinae.
  2. ^ The relationship of hyracoids and Perissodactlya is controversial, and not supported by molecular data.

References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Microhyrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Gheerbrant, E.; Donming, D.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Paenungulata (Sirenia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Relatives)". In Rose, Kenneth D.; Archibald, J. David (eds.). The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and relationships of the major extant clades. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 84–105. ISBN 978-0801880223.


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