Archaeohyracidae

Archaeohyracidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through the Oligocene of South America.^[1] First named in 1897, it is now thought to be paraphyletic, rather than a genuine group of closely related animals with a single, unique, ancestor.^[2][3]

Archaeohyracidae Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Late Oligocene (Casamayoran-Deseadan) ~49–24 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull of Archaeohyrax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Notoungulata
Suborder:	†Typotheria
Family:	†Archaeohyracidae Ameghino 1897
Genera
Archaeohyrax Archaeotypotherium Bryanpattersonia Eohyrax Protarchaeohyrax Pseudhyrax Punahyrax

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
2. Croft, D.; Bond, M.; et al. (November 2003). "Large archaeohyracids (Typotheria, Notoungulata) from central Chile and Patagonia, including a revision of Archaeotypotherium" (PDF). Fieldiana Geology. 49: 1–32. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
3. Billet, G.; Patterson, B.; de Muizon, C. (January 2007). "The latest Archaeohyracid representatives (Mammalia, Notoungulate) from the Deseadan of Bolivia and Argentina" (PDF). European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America. 4: 39–43. Retrieved 19 January 2025.