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Seggeurius fossil map

Where fossils of Seggeurius have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 56 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–48.07 million years ago (Ypresian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyPliohyracidae
Named byCrochet 1986
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inAlgeria
Rock formationstxn:43298

About Seggeurius

Seggeurius was a genus of herbivorous hyrax-grouped mammal.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Seggeurius (revision 1335676106), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q635927.

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