Family Ochotonidae Thomas 1897 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Synonym: Lagomyidae Lilljeborg 1866

Parent taxon: Lagomorpha according to D. Becker et al. 2010

See also Bendukidze et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Nowak 1991

Sister taxa: Annalagus, Dawsonolagus, Ephemerolagus, Eurolagus, Leporidae, Ochotonolagus, Palaeolagidae, Shamolagus ninae, Strenulagidae, Strenulagus, Tsaganolagus

Subtaxa: Amphilagus Bellatona Bohlinotona Cuyamalagus Gripholagomys Hesperolagomys Ochotona Ochotoninae Oklahomalagus Paludotona Piezodus Praotherium palatinum Prolagus Russellagus Sinolagomyinae Titanomys

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Type: Ochotona

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (7: Alberta, Yukon), China (5), the Czech Republic (1), France (9), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (4), Hungary (9), Italy (15), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), Portugal (1), Romania (9), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (4), Turkey (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (20: Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Italy (5), Spain (1)

• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (16), France (3), Greece (4), Hungary (4), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (14), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (4), Ukraine (5)

• MN 13 of China (2), Greece (1), Portugal (2), Spain (2)

• Hemphillian of United States (6: Nebraska, Oregon)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (3)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Canada (4: Saskatchewan), China (21), France (21), Germany (28), Greece (15), Hungary (1), Italy (12), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (2), Libya (2), Moldova (3), Mongolia (25), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (7), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (33), Switzerland (41), Turkey (2), Uganda (1), Ukraine (1), United States (66: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (5: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (12: California, Idaho, Montana)

• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Germany (1), Mongolia (4)

• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (14), France (1), Germany (6), Kazakhstan (8), Mongolia (32), United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota)

Total: 577 collections including 770 occurrences

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