Antilohyrax
| Antilohyrax Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Family: | †Titanohyracidae |
| Genus: | †Antilohyrax Rasmussen and Simons, 2000 |
| Species: | †A. pectidens
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| †Antilohyrax pectidens Rasmussen and Simons, 2000
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Antilohyrax is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal belonging to the order Hyracoidea. Fossils were found in 1983 in Egypt, 46 m above the bottom of the Jebel Qatrani Formation.
Description
[edit]The species Antilohyrax pectidens had an approximate weight of 33–35 kg. It had features not seen in other hyraxes, including a "broad hyper-pectinate comb-like first incisor" on its lower jaw, selenodont molars and a rostrum similar to that seen in even-toed ungulates.[1] The A. pectidens Schmelzmuster consisted of a single layer of radial enamel, while a very thin layer of prismless external enamel existed on the exterior of its teeth.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Donald D. de Blieux and Elwyn L. Simons (2002). "Cranial and Dental Anatomy of Antilohyrax pectidens: A Late Eocene Hyracoid (Mammalia) from the Fayum, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 122–136. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0122:cadaoa]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4524200. S2CID 87901588.
- ^ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Seiffert, Erik R.; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; von Koenigswald, Wighart (8 January 2016). "Tooth Enamel Microstructure of Living and Extinct Hyracoids Reveals Unique Enamel Types Among Mammals". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24 (1): 91–110. doi:10.1007/s10914-015-9317-6. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 31 October 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
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