Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Synonyms: Protolagus Walker 1931, Tricium Cope 1873
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1856. Notice of remains of extinct Mammalia, discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:88-90
Parent taxon: Palaeolaginae according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1891, Green 1942, Hay 1902, Johnson 1966, Korth et al. 2022, Lambe 1908, Lofgren et al. 2020, Matthew 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wood 1940
Sister taxa: Litolagus, Megalagus, Mytonolagus
Subtaxa: Palaeolagus burkei Palaeolagus haydeni Palaeolagus hemirhizis Palaeolagus hypsodus Palaeolagus intermedius Palaeolagus philoi Palaeolagus primus Palaeolagus temnodon Tricium agapetilla
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Arikareean of United States (15: California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (122: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (42: Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 190 collections including 238 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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