Oligolagus welleri Albright III et al. 2026 (placental)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha

Full reference: L. B. Albright III, J. E. Starnes, G. E. Phillips and G. L. Stringer. 2026. Mammals of the early Arikareean (“middle” Oligocene) Jones Branch Local Fauna, southeastern Mississippi, USA, with notes on two older taxa from the state and the timing of Midcontinent–Gulf Coastal Plain biotic disparity. Journal of Paleontology 1-52

Belongs to Oligolagus according to L. B. Albright et al. 2026

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMNS VP-6604, a mandible (left ramal fragment with p4–m1). Its type locality is Jones Branch Local Fauna, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial claystone in the Catahoula Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jones Branch Local Fauna

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