Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Full reference: J. E. Storer. 1970. New rodents and lagomorphs from the upper Miocene Wood Mountain Formation of southern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7:1125-1129
Parent taxon: Ochotonidae according to J. E. Storer 1970
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Amphilagus, Bellatona, Bohlinotona, Cuyamalagus, Gripholagomys, Hesperolagomys, Ochotona, Ochotoninae, Oklahomalagus, Paludotona, Piezodus, Praotherium palatinum, Prolagus, Sinolagomyinae, Titanomys
Subtaxa: Russellagus vonhofi
Type: Russellagus vonhofi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (13: California, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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