Microhyrax

Microhyrax; Temporal range: Eocene 55.8–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyracoidea
Family:	†Pliohyracidae
Subfamily:	†Saghatheriinae
Genus:	†Microhyrax; Sudre, 1979
Species:	M. lavocati
Binomial name
	Microhyrax lavocati; Sudre, 1979

Microhyrax was a prehistoric genus of herbivorous hyrax-grouped mammal. It lived during the Eocene period from 55.8 to 40.4 million years ago in modern-day Algeria.^[1]

Cladogram

A phylogeny of hyracoids known from the early Eocene through the middle Oligocene epoch.^[2]

Eutheria

Afrotheria

Hyracoidea

Seggeurius

Microhyrax

Saghatheriinae ^[A]

Bunohyrax

Pachyhyrax

Thyrohyrax

	Selenohyrax

	Saghatherium

	Titanohyrax

	Antilohyrax

Megalohyrax

Geniohyiinae

Geniohyus

Proboscidea (elephants)

Perissodactyla ^[B]

Phenacodontidae

^ Modern day hyrax species (Procaviidae) may have evolved from smaller members of one of the Saghatheriinae.
^ The relationship of hyracoids and Perissodactlya is controversial, and not supported by molecular data.

References

^ "Fossilworks: Microhyrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Gheerbrant, E.; Donming, D.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Paenungulata (Sirenia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Relatives)". In Rose, Kenneth D.; Archibald, J. David (eds.). The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and relationships of the major extant clades. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 84–105. ISBN 978-0801880223.

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[3] Modern day hyrax species (Procaviidae) may have evolved from smaller members of one of the Saghatheriinae.

[4] The relationship of hyracoids and Perissodactlya is controversial, and not supported by molecular data.

[1] "Fossilworks: Microhyrax". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[2] Gheerbrant, E.; Donming, D.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Paenungulata (Sirenia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Relatives)". In Rose, Kenneth D.; Archibald, J. David (eds.). The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and relationships of the major extant clades. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 84–105. ISBN 978-0801880223.

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