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Desmatolagus simplex

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Agispelagus simplex was named by Argyropulo (1940). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 210/609, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Akespe, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial shale/claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatolagus robustus by Sych (1975); it was recombined as Desmatolagus simplex by Lopatin (1998), Bendukidze et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. schargaltensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Agispelagus simplex Argyropulo p. 76
1998Desmatolagus simplex Lopatin
2009Desmatolagus simplex Bendukidze et al. p. 347

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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
speciessimplex(Argyropulo 1940)

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 simplex Argyropulo 1940
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Desmatolagus simplex (175168)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Desmatolagus simplex (180963 182131 187298 201185)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia Desmatolagus simplex (75588 75599 180971 182072)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Desmatolagus simplex (182075 182078 182084 187257)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan Agispelagus simplex (64413 74900)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Desmatolagus shargaltensis (175921) Desmatolagus simplex (175920)