Gigantohyrax
| Gigantohyrax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Family: | Procaviidae |
| Genus: | †Gigantohyrax Kitching, 1965 |
| Species: | †G. maguirei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gigantohyrax maguirei Kitching, 1965
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Gigantohyrax was a
herbivorous hyrax-grouped mammals from the Pliocene Shungura Formation of Ethiopia.[1] Fossils have also been found in Makapansgat of South Africa.[2][3]
Description
Procavia capensis
), a living relative of GigantohyraxGigantohyrax maguirei is a type and only species.
Procavia capensis from the same family.[3]
It has many features in common with the extinct Dendrohyrax, although Gigantohyrax has less difference between the parameters of the
molars and premolars.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Gigantohyrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ a b Rubidge, Bruce S (January 2005). "Annals of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research". Palaeontologia Africana.
- ^ ISBN 9781107394056. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ ISBN 9780520257214. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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