Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Full reference: L. R. Dice. 1917. Systematic position of several Tertiary lagomorphs. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(12):179-183
Parent taxon: Leporidae according to R. Dehm 1962
See also Dalquest and Patrick 1989, Dawson 1958, Dice 1917, Korth and De Blieux 2010, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Aluralagus, Archaeolaginae, Aztlanolagus, Caviina, Chadrolagus, Dasyporcina, Desmatolaginae, Desmatolagus, Dituberolagus, Gobiolagus, Hydrocharina, Hypsimylus, Lagomina, Lagotherium, Lepoides, Leporina, Leporinae, Lushilagus, Mytonolaginae, Nekrolagus, Nuralagus, Ordolagus, Palaeolaginae, Paranotolagus, Pewelagus, Pliopentalagus, Pronotolagus, Sardolagus, Shamolagus, Sylvilagus, Tachylagus, Veterilepus, Zaissanolagus
Subtaxa: Archaeolagus sonoranus Hypolagus arizonensis Hypolagus brachygnathus Hypolagus edensis Hypolagus fontinalis Hypolagus furlongi Hypolagus gidleyi Hypolagus oregonensis Hypolagus parviplicatus Hypolagus regalis Hypolagus ringoldensis Hypolagus tedfordi Hypolagus vetus Hypolagus voorhiesi
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), China (1), Croatia (1), Czechia (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (5), Israel (2), Italy (5), Poland (1), Romania (9), Türkiye (1), United States (4: California, Colorado)
• Villafranchian of China (5), Hungary (5), Slovakia (2)
• MN 16 of Austria (1), Italy (1), Poland (2)
• Blancan of Greenland (1), Mexico (2), United States (70: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (2), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California)
• Turolian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Mexico (1), United States (42: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Canada (10: Saskatchewan), United States (61: California, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 256 collections including 289 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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