Archaeohyracidae

Archaeohyracidae
Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Suborder: Hegetotheria
Family: Archaeohyracidae
Ameghino, 1897
Genera

Archaeohyrax
Bryanpattersonia
Eohyrax
Pseudhyrax

possible range based on fossils

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

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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