Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Full reference: R. J. Emry and C. E. Gawne. 1986. A Primitive, Early Oligocene Species of Palaeolagus (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from the Flagstaff Rim Area of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(3)
Belongs to Palaeolagus according to R. J. Emry and C. E. Gawne 1986
Sister taxa: Palaeolagus burkei, Palaeolagus haydeni, Palaeolagus hemirhizis, Palaeolagus hypsodus, Palaeolagus intermedius, Palaeolagus philoi, Palaeolagus temnodon, Tricium agapetilla
Type specimen: Its type locality is Flagstaff Rim I, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Flagstaff Rim I
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.