Heterohyrax auricampensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hyracoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Hyracoidea

Familia: Procaviidae
Genus: Heterohyrax
Species: †Heterohyrax auricampensis

Name

Heterohyrax auricampensis Rasmussen, Pickford, Mein, Senut & Conroy, 1996

Holotype: NESM BER I 31'91a

Type locality: "Site I, Berg Aukas"; Namibia

Etymology: "'Of the gold fields,' from Latin aureus, golden, and campus, field, to recognize Gold Fields, Namibia, the company that owns the Berg Aukas Mine"

References

Primary references

• Rasmussen, D.T., Pickford, M., Mein, P., Senut, B. & Conroy, G.C. 1996. Earliest Known Procaviid Hyracoid from the Late Miocene of Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy 77(3): 745–754. DOI: 10.2307/1382679 Reference page.