Oreolagus wilsoni Dawson 1965 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson. 1965. Oreolagus and other Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Colorado, Wyoming, and Oregon. University of Colorado Studies: Series in Earth Sciences 1:1-36

Belongs to Oreolagus according to M. R. Dawson 1965

Sister taxa: Oreolagus colteri, Oreolagus nebrascensis, Oreolagus nevadensis, Oreolagus wallacei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Martin Canyon Quarry A

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