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Archaeohyrax

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Description

Archaeohyrax is a genus of extinct, notoungulate mammal known from the Middle Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina and Bolivia.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4829993https://www.gbif.org/species/4829993
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43434https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43434
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Archaeohyracidae : Archaeohyrax
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Archaeohyracidae : Archaeohyrax
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
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
suborderHegetotheriaSimpson 1945
familyArchaeohyracidaeAmeghino 1897
genusArchaeohyraxAmeghino 1897
Scientific NameArchaeohyrax Ameghino, 1897
Name Published InArgent. Epoc. Geol.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeohyraxgenusbelongs to Archaeohyracidaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Archaeohyraxgenusbelongs to ArchaeohyracidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Archaeohyraxgenusbelongs to Archaeohyracidaestated without evidenceReguero and Prevosti, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 42.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeohyrax

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Archaeohyrax patagonicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1133.9 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
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Archaeohyrax proavus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Archaeohyrax propheticus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
756.0 Ma
Paleocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
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Archaeohyrax suniensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
429.0 Ma
Oligocene
29.0 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Archaeohyrax Ameghino p. 431
1988Archaeohyrax Carroll
2010Archaeohyrax Reguero and Prevosti

References

Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
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
Argent. Epoc. Geol. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
as per family - 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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