Archaeohyrax

Extinct genus of notoungulates

Archaeohyrax
Temporal range: Mid Eocene-Late Oligocene (Mustersan-Deseadan)
~48.0–23.03 Ma
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Archaeohyrax patagonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Archaeohyracidae
Genus: Archaeohyrax
Ameghino, 1897
Type species
Archaeohyrax patagonicus
Ameghino, 1897
Species
  • A. patagonicus Ameghino 1897
  • A. proavus Ameghino 1897
  • A. propheticus Ameghino 1897
  • A. suniensis Billet et al. 2009

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. When 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 Sarmiento, Agua de la Piedra, and Deseado Formations of Argentina and the Salla Formation of the Salla-Luribay Basin of Bolivia.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Archaeohyrax at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Hernández Del Pino, Santiago; Seoane, Federico; Cerdeño, Esperanza (2022). "New craniodental information and taxonomic decisions of the typotherians (Notoungulata) from the late Oligocene of Mendoza, central-western Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 67. doi:10.4202/app.00974.2022. hdl:11336/202725. ISSN 0567-7920.
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Archaeohyrax


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