Archaeohyrax

Archaeohyrax
Temporal range: Mid Eocene-Late Oligocene (Mustersan-Deseadan)
~48.0–23.03 Ma
Archaeohyrax patagonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Notoungulata
Family: †Archaeohyracidae
Genus: †Archaeohyrax
Ameghino, 1897
Type species
†Archaeohyrax patagonicus
Ameghino, 1897
Species
  • A. patagonicus Ameghino 1897
  • A. proavus Ameghino 1897
  • A. propheticus Ameghino 1897
  • A. suniensis Billet et al. 2009

Archaeohyrax is a genus of extinct notoungulate mammal known from the Middle Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina and Bolivia.[1][2]

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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