Archaeohyracidae

Archaeohyracidae is an extinct family comprising four genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through the Oligocene of South America.[1]

Archaeohyracidae
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Late Oligocene (Casamayoran-Deseadan)
~49โ€“24 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
โ€ Notoungulata
Suborder:
Hegetotheria
Family:
Archaeohyracidae

Genera
  • Archaeohyrax
  • Archaeotypotherium
  • Bryanpattersonia
  • Eohyrax
  • Protarchaeohyrax
  • Pseudhyrax
  • Punahyrax
Possible range based on some fossils

References
  1. 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


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