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Myohyrax oswaldi

Osteichthyes - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae

Taxonomy
Myohyrax oswaldi was named by Andrews (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karungu, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews pp. 169-170 figs. Plate XXVIII, Fig4-6
1984Myohyrax oswaldi Butler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMyohyracidae(Andrews 1914)
genusMyohyraxAndrews 1914
speciesoswaldi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Myohyrax oswaldi (type locality: 146600)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Namibia Myohyrax oswaldi (70420)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Myohyrax oswaldi (192070)