Microhyrax

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Microhyrax
Temporal range: Eocene 55.8–40.4  Ma
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
    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.


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