†family Rhynchocyonidae Gill 1872 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae

Alternative spelling: Rhynchocyoninae

Parent taxon: Macroscelidea according to B. Senut and M. Pickford 2021

See also Butler 1984 and Schlosser 1877

Sister taxa: Adapisoricidae, Adunator, Afrohypselodontidae, Amphilemuridae, Apheliscidae, Litocherus, Louisinidae, Macroscelididae, Myohyracidae

Subtaxa: Brevirhynchocyon Eorhynchocyon Hypsorhynchocyon Miorhynchocyon Rhynchocyon

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection), Tanzania (3)

• Miocene of Kenya (4), Uganda (1)

• Oligocene of Kenya (1)

• Eocene of Namibia (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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