Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189
Belongs to Palaeolagus according to Schlaikjer 1935
Sister taxa: Palaeolagus burkei, Palaeolagus haydeni, Palaeolagus hemirhizis, Palaeolagus intermedius, Palaeolagus philoi, Palaeolagus primus, Palaeolagus temnodon, Tricium agapetilla
Type specimen: MCZ 2889, a maxilla. Its type locality is Bear Creek Mountain (West 2), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (8: Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (19: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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