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Procavia (Cape hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Procavia Storr p. 40
1783Hyrax Herman p. 115
1825Hyrax Gray p. 342
1848Hyrax Owen p. 139
1868Euhyrax Gray p. 46
1982Procavia Olds and Shoshani p. 1
1988Procavia Carroll
1988Procavia Rasmussen and Simons p. 68
1989Procavia Prothero and Schoch p. 531
1991Procavia Nowak
1996Procavia Rasmussen et al. p. 746
2005Procavia Pickford p. 152
2010Procavia Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyProcaviidaeThomas 1892
genusProcaviaStorr 1780

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Procavia Storr 1780 [Cape hyrax]
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†Procavia antiqua Broom 1934
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 [Cape hyrax]
†Procavia obermeyerae Broom 1937
†Procavia pliocenica Pickford 2005
†Procavia robertsi Broom and Schepers 1946
Invalid names: Euhyrax Gray 1868 [synonym], Hyrax Herman 1783 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:17:36
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Procavia antiqua (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Procavia pliocenica, Procavia antiqua (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (22355)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia sp., Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (207105) Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (21960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Procavia antiqua (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia sp. (22332) Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Procavia sp. (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Procavia antiqua (21827) Procavia capensis (21826) Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Procavia capensis (21867)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Procavia sp. (225664) Procavia syriaca (39252)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Procavia sp. (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia capensis (21695 21823 21915 21916 21929 21956 115191 115205) Procavia capensis, Procavia transvaalensis (21829) Procavia sp. (21913 21920) Procavia sp., Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (21825) Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua (21828)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Procavia capensis (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Procavia capensis (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Procavia sp., Procavia johnstoni (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Procavia capensis (21868)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Procavia capensis, Procavia transvaalensis (21961) Procavia sp. (21822)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Procavia capensis (192424 192425)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Procavia sp. (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Procavia sp. (32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Procavia capensis (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia capensis (90070 96974) Procavia sp. (113858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Procavia capensis (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Procavia sp. (32090)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Procavia sp. (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Procavia sp. (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) Procavia syriaca (11803)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Procavia sp. (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Procavia habessinica (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Procavia capensis (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Procavia capensis (21858 21861 21897 21908 21909 21911 21912 21943)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Procavia sp. (32107)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Procavia capensis (21862 21866 21914 21918 21930 21940 21946 96973)