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Desmatolagus vetustus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Desmatolagus vetustus was named by Burke (1941). Its type specimen is AMNH 26089, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jhama Obo, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Ulan Gocho Formation of China.

It was recombined as Procaprolagus vetustus by Gureev (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. schargaltensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Desmatolagus vetustus Burke
1960Procaprolagus vetustus Gureev
1975Desmatolagus vetustus Sych
2004Desmatolagus vetustus Meng and Hu p. 266
2005Desmatolagus vetustus Meng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
genusDesmatolagus
speciesvetustus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Desmatolagus vetustus Burke 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:52:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Desmatolagus vetustus (61229)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Desmatolagus vetustus (77908 type locality: 174752 174913 174914)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Xinjiang) Desmatolagus vetustus (174978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Desmatolagus vetustus (75595 135803 180953)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Desmatolagus vetustus (182130)