Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
UCMP 12565 (left dentary with incisor, p3-m2) from locality UCMP 1100 (Thousand Creek, Nevada) and UCMP 11571 (right dentary) from locality UCMP 1065 (Virgin Valley, Nevada) are listed as co-types in original description
Alternative combination: Lepus vetus
Full reference: L. Kellogg. 1910. Rodent fauna of the late Tertiary beds at Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek, Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(29):421-437
Belongs to Hypolagus according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Baskin 1979, Dalquest 1983, Dice 1917, Korth 1998, Korth and De Blieux 2010, Kurten and Anderson 1980, White 1984 and White 1988
Sister taxa: Archaeolagus sonoranus, Hypolagus arizonensis, Hypolagus edensis, Hypolagus fontinalis, Hypolagus furlongi, Hypolagus gidleyi, Hypolagus oregonensis, Hypolagus parviplicatus, Hypolagus regalis, Hypolagus ringoldensis, Hypolagus tedfordi, Hypolagus voorhiesi
Type specimen: UCMP 12565, a mandible. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (2 collections), United States (14: California, Idaho, New Mexico)
• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Hemphillian of United States (18: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington)
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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