Microhyrax

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]

Microhyrax
Temporal range: Eocene
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

Cladogram

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

    Eutheria
    Afrotheria
    Hyracoidea
     

    Seggeurius

     
     
     

    Microhyrax

     
     
    Saghatheriinae [upper-alpha 1]
     

    Bunohyrax

     
     
     

    Pachyhyrax

     
     
     

    Thyrohyrax

     
     
     
     
     

    Selenohyrax

     
     

    Saghatherium

     
     
     
     

    Titanohyrax

     
     

    Antilohyrax

     
     
     
     

    Megalohyrax

     
     
     
     
     
    Geniohyiinae

    Geniohyus

     
     
     
     
     

    Proboscidea (elephants)

     
     
     

    Perissodactyla [upper-alpha 2]

     
     

    Phenacodontidae

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

    References
    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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