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Gobiolagus tolmachovi

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Gobiolagus tolmachovi was named by Burke (1941). Its type specimen is AMNH 26142, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Baron Sog, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Shara Murum Formation of China. It is the type species of Gobiolagus.

Synonyms
  • Gobiolagus andrewsi was named by Burke (1941). Its type specimen is AMNH 26091, 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 synonymized subjectively with Gobiolagus tolmachovi by Wang (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Gobiolagus andrewsi Burke
1941Gobiolagus tolmachovi Burke
2005Gobiolagus andrewsi Meng et al.
2005Gobiolagus tolmachovi 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
genusGobiolagus
speciestolmachovi

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.

†Gobiolagus tolmachovi Burke 1941
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Invalid names: Gobiolagus andrewsi Burke 1941 [synonym]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

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

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Gobiolagus andrewsi (61229) Gobiolagus tolmachovi (28786 type locality: 174748 176020)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Gobiolagus andrewsi (174752) Gobiolagus tolmachovi (174913)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Gobiolagus tolmachovi (174915)