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Desmatolagus periaralicus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Desmatolagus periaralicus was named by Lopatin (1998). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 4516/99, a tooth (Right P3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed I), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone/claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. schargaltensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Desmatolagus periaralicus Lopatin
2009Desmatolagus periaralicus Bendukidze et al. p. 348

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
speciesperiaralicus

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 periaralicus Lopatin 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Desmatolagus periaralicus (37205 type locality: 175920)