Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Parent taxon: Palaeolaginae according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Alroy 2002, Johnson 1966, Lofgren et al. 2020 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Litolagus, Mytonolagus, Palaeolagus
Subtaxa: Megalagus abaconis Megalagus brachyodon Megalagus dawsoni Megalagus primitivus Megalagus turgidus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection)
• Arikareean of United States (6: Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (51: Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan), United States (27: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 93 collections including 94 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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