Rukwalorax is an extinct genus of hyrax that inhabited Africa during the Oligocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the single species Rukwalorax jinokitana.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Genus: | †Rukwalorax Stevens et al., 2009 |
| Species: | †R. jinokitana
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| †Rukwalorax jinokitana Stevens et al., 2009
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Distribution
editFossils of Rukwalorax jinokitana are known from the Songwe Member of the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania, which dates to the Late Oligocene.[1]
References
edit- ^ Stevens, Nancy J.; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Roberts, Eric M.; Gottfried, Michael D. (12 September 2009). "A hyracoid from the Late Oligocene Red Sandstone Group of Tanzania, Rukwalorax jinokitana (gen. and sp. nov.)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 972–975. doi:10.1671/039.029.0302. ISSN 0272-4634 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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