Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez. 2009. A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 288(1-3):1-52
Belongs to Thyrohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez 2009
Sister taxa: Thyrohyrax domorictus, Thyrohyrax libycus, Thyrohyrax litholagus, Thyrohyrax meyeri, Thyrohyrax microdon, Thyrohyrax pygmaeus
Type specimen: KNM-NW 22545, a maxilla (Left maxilla). Its type locality is Benson's Site, which is in an Aquitanian floodplain siltstone in Kenya.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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