. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. MIOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM ARRISDRIFT, SOUTH WEST AFRICA 9 Class Mammalia order insectivora Family Macroscelididae Myohyrax cf. oswaldi Andrews, 1914 A Myohyrax is the most commonly occurring small mammal in the assemblage and is represented by many isolated teeth and mandible fragments ( AD 125, AD 1104) (Fig. 2). Most of the mammalian postcranial bones have yet to be classified and this material probably includes specimens belonging to Myohyrax. Stromer (1926) recorded three myohyracines from the
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. MIOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM ARRISDRIFT, SOUTH WEST AFRICA 9 Class Mammalia order insectivora Family Macroscelididae Myohyrax cf. oswaldi Andrews, 1914 A Myohyrax is the most commonly occurring small mammal in the assemblage and is represented by many isolated teeth and mandible fragments ( AD 125, AD 1104) (Fig. 2). Most of the mammalian postcranial bones have yet to be classified and this material probably includes specimens belonging to Myohyrax. Stromer (1926) recorded three myohyracines from the Namib, namely, M. oswaldi, M. doederleini and Protypotheroides beetzi, while Hopwood (1929) subsequently named an additional species, M. osborni, from the same region. In the most recent review of this material, Patterson (1965) recognized only M. oswaldi (including M. doederleini) and P. beetzi (including M. osborni). In doing so he followed Whitworth (1954), except that Whitworth did not regard Protypotheroides as a valid genus. The Arrisdrift Myohyrax is apparently indistinguishable from M. oswaldi, but the identification is qualified since the teeth are a little smaller than those. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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