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Archaeohyracidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through the Oligocene of South America. First named in 1897, it is now thought to be paraphyletic, rather than a genuine group of closely related animals with a single, unique, ancestor.

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Archaeohyracidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals known from the Paleocene through the Oligocene of South America. First named in 1897, it is now thought to be paraphyletic, rather than a genuine group of closely related animals with a single, unique, ancestor.

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