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)
Belongs to Hesperolagomys according to A. R. Bair 2011
See also Clark et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Hesperolagomys fluviatilis, Hesperolagomys niobrarensis
Type specimen: MCZ 17891, a mandible (fragmentary left lower jaw with p3-m2). Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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