Archaeohyracidae

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Archaeohyracidae Fossil range: ?late Paleocene to late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Notoungulata Suborder: †Hegetotheria Family: †Archaeohyracidae Ameghino, 1897
Genera
†Archaeohyrax †Bryanpattersonia †Eohyrax †Pseudhyrax

Archaeohyracidae is an extinct family comprising four genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through the Oligocene of South America (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

[edit] References

• 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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