Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Full reference: J. B. Clark, M. R. Dawson, and A. E. Wood. 1964. Fossil mammals from the lower Pliocene of Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131(2)
Parent taxon: Ochotonidae according to A. R. Bair 2011
See also Clark et al. 1964 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Amphilagus, Bellatona, Bohlinotona, Cuyamalagus, Gripholagomys, Ochotona, Ochotoninae, Oklahomalagus, Paludotona, Piezodus, Praotherium palatinum, Prolagus, Russellagus, Sinolagomyinae, Titanomys
Subtaxa: Hesperolagomys fluviatilis Hesperolagomys galbreathi Hesperolagomys niobrarensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (20: California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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