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Nekrolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Nekrolagus was named by Hibbard (1939). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pratilepus by Dawson (1958).

It was assigned to Leporinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Leporidae by Hibbard (1939), White (1991) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
N. progressus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Nekrolagus Hibbard
1939Pediolagus Hibbard
1980Nekrolagus Kurten and Anderson p. 279
1991Nekrolagus White
1997Nekrolagus McKenna and Bell

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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
genusNekrolagusHibbard 1939

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.

G. †Nekrolagus Hibbard 1939
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†Nekrolagus progressus Hibbard 1939
Invalid names: Pediolagus Hibbard 1939 [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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Blancan or 10.30000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) N. progressus (18573)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) N. progressus (20060)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) N. progressus (19965)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) N. progressus (19929 19936 19940)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) N. progressus (20063) N. sp. (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) N. progressus (19650) N. sp. (19637)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) N. sp. (20098 20099)