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Palaeolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Palaeolagus Leidy
1873Tricium Cope
1891Palaeolagus Cope p. 5
1902Palaeolagus Hay p. 735
1908Palaeolagus Lambe
1931Protolagus Walker
1958Palaeolagus Dawson p. 19
1966Palaeolagus Johnson p. 80
1997Palaeolagus McKenna and Bell
2020Palaeolagus Lofgren et al.
2022Palaeolagus Korth et al.

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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
subfamilyPalaeolaginaeDice 1929
genusPalaeolagus

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. †Palaeolagus Leidy 1856
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†Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935
†Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856
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Invalid names: Archaeolagus striatus Walker 1931 [synonym], Palaeolagus agapetillus Cope 1873 [synonym], Protolagus affinus Walker 1931 [synonym], Tricium annae Cope 1873 [synonym], Tricium avunculus Cope 1873 [synonym], Tricium leporinum Cope 1873 [synonym]
†Palaeolagus hemirhizis Korth and Hageman 1988
†Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935
†Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899
†Palaeolagus philoi Dawson 1958
†Palaeolagus primus Emry and Gawne 1986
†Palaeolagus temnodon Douglass 1902
Invalid names: Protolagus Walker 1931 [synonym], Tricium Cope 1873 [synonym]
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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (190 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. sp. (16840)
Duchesnean - Early/Lower Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. sp. (230862)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) P. temnodon (45640)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) P. haydeni (16942) P. haydeni, P. intermedius (16943) P. primus (16960) P. sp. (17009) P. temnodon (16908 16920 16952 16955 16956 16962 16963 16964 16965 16966)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. haydeni (16977)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) P. haydeni (16918) P. temnodon (16917 16930 16940 16941 17014 17031 17033)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. haydeni, P. temnodon (17041) P. sp. (16990) P. temnodon (16914 16924 16925 16935 16950 16959 16988 16996 17010 17028)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) P. temnodon (16991)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) P. temnodon (16919 16979)
Early/Lower Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. temnodon (27245)
Late/Upper Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) P. hemirhizis (16981)
Late/Upper Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. sp. (85117)
Late/Upper Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) P. temnodon (17027)
Middle Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) P. temnodon (16928)
Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) P. haydeni (17063)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) P. haydeni (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (North Dakota) P. haydeni (17100 17101)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Montana) P. burkei (17137 17154) P. burkei, P. haydeni (17090) P. burkei, P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17109) P. burkei, P. intermedius (17074 17075) P. sp., P. burkei (17138)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) P. burkei, P. haydeni (17115) P. haydeni (17094 17102 17103 17133 17153 17173 17174 17295 163487) P. sp. (17186 17187 17188 17189 17190 17198)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) P. agapetillus (17132) P. burkei, P. intermedius (17318) P. haydeni (17105 17106) P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17104)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) P. burkei, P. haydeni (17206 17216 17221 17242 17250 17257) P. burkei, P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17229) P. haydeni (17062 17098 17108 17119 17164 17165 17207 17211 17212 17217 17220 17233 17237 17249 17266 17269 17270 17274 17293) P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17258) P. hemirhizis (17214 17225 17227 17231 17235 17239 17252 17255 17264 17268 17271 17273 17282)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) P. burkei, P. intermedius (17082 17083) P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17081)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. burkei, P. haydeni (17111) P. haydeni (17055)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Montana) P. burkei (230863)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (17320)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5Canada (Saskatchewan) P. burkei (17372)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Colorado) P. burkei, P. intermedius (17426)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) P. burkei (17371) P. burkei, P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17336 17338) P. burkei, P. intermedius (17337) P. sp. (17317 17357 17359 17380 17384 17385)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Nebraska) P. burkei (17406) P. haydeni (17425) P. haydeni, P. intermedius (17412)
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian31.8 - 23.1Canada (Saskatchewan) P. burkei (17306)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) P. hypsodus, P. philoi (17494 17495 17535 17544 17590 17709)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) P. hypsodus (17610 17626 17643 17645) P. hypsodus, P. philoi (17630 17633 17634 17636 17638 17641 17642 17644 17654) P. philoi (17621 17629 17635 17637 17651 17657 17658 17660)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) P. hypsodus (17509) P. sp. (17540)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) P. haydeni (180202) P. sp. (93080)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) P. sp. (17497)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Idaho) P. sp. (17584)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Archaeolagus ennisianus (17466) P. hypsodus (17467 17469)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. hypsodus (17465 17471 17542) P. hypsodus, P. philoi (17567) P. philoi (17708)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. hypsodus, P. philoi (156729)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) P. haydeni (93079) P. sp. (17603)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (South Dakota) P. philoi (17564)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (Nebraska) P. philoi (67637)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (Washington) P. sp. (119840)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian24.7 - 18.5USA (Oregon) P. sp. (17528)
Harrisonian - Hemingfordian23.1 - 16.3USA (Montana) P. sp. (18811)