Archaeohyrax
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| Genus: | †Archaeohyrax
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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 Sarmiento, Agua de la Piedra, and Deseado Formations of Argentina and the Salla Formation of the Salla-Luribay Basin 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 mammal stubs