Macroscelididae from the lower Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia.
Macroscelididae are known from four main localities in the Northern Sperrgebiet (Namibia) (Elisabethfeld, Fiskus, Grillental and Langental) which have yielded a rich sample (ca. 600 specimens) including skulls, mandibles and post-cranial elements. The fauna is mainly composed of hypsodont species (Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews, 1914 and Protypotheroides beetzi Stromer, 1926) which are particularly abundant. A new species Myohyraxpickfordi and two new genera and species of Rhynchocyonine macroscelidids are erected: Brachyrhynchocyon jacobi and Hypsorhynchocyon burrelli. Material from the Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift is reconsidered in the light of the newly erected species.
Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia
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