Microhyrax

Microhyrax Temporal range: Eocene 55.8–40.4  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyracoidea
Family:	† Pliohyracidae
Subfamily:	† Saghatheriinae
Genus:	† Microhyrax Sudre, 1979
Species:	†M. lavocati
Binomial name
†Microhyrax lavocati Sudre, 1979

Microhyrax was a prehistoric genus of herbivorous hyrax-grouped mammal. It lived during the Eocene period from 55.8 to 40.4 million years ago in modern-day Algeria. ^[1]

Cladogram

A phylogeny of hyracoids known from the early Eocene through the middle Oligocene epoch. ^[2]

Eutheria	Afrotheria Hyracoidea Seggeurius Microhyrax Saghatheriinae  [A] Bunohyrax Pachyhyrax Thyrohyrax Selenohyrax Saghatherium Titanohyrax Antilohyrax Megalohyrax Geniohyiinae Geniohyus Proboscidea (elephants) Perissodactyla [B] Phenacodontidae

1. Modern day hyrax species (Procaviidae) may have evolved from smaller members of one of the Saghatheriinae.
2. The relationship of hyracoids and Perissodactlya is controversial, and not supported by molecular data.

References

1. "Fossilworks: Microhyrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. Gheerbrant, E.; Donming, D.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Paenungulata (Sirenia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Relatives)". In Rose, Kenneth D.; Archibald, J. David (eds.). The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and relationships of the major extant clades. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 84–105. ISBN   978-0801880223.