Titanohyrax

Titanohyrax
Temporal range: Early Eocene–early Oligocene
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyracoidea
Family: †Pliohyracidae
Subfamily: †Titanohyracinae
Genus: †Titanohyrax
Matsumoto, 1922
Type species
Titanohyrax andrewsi
Species
  • †T. andrewsi
  • †T. angustidens
  • †T. mongereaui
  • †T. tantalus
  • †T. ultimus

Titanohyrax is an extinct genus of large to very large hyrax from the Eocene and Oligocene. Specimens have been discovered in modern-day Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. The genus was first described by Matsumoto in 1922.[1] Some species, like T. ultimus, are estimated to be as large as rhinoceri.

References

  1. ↑ Court, N., Hartenberger, J. (1992). "A new Species of the Hyracoid Mammal Titanohyrax from the Eocene of Tunisia" (PDF). Palaeontology 35 (2): 309–317.

Sources

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