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Gripholagomys lavocati

Osteichthyes - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy
Gripholagomys lavocati was named by Green (1972). Its type specimen is SDSM No. 62294, a maxilla (fragmentary left maxilla with P3-M1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Black Bear Quarry II, which is in a Hemingfordian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota. It is the type species of Gripholagomys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Gripholagomys lavocati Green p. 378

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
familyOchotonidaeThomas 1897
genusGripholagomys
specieslavocati

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.

†Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972
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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: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:49:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 24.70000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (Nebraska) Gripholagomys lavocati (67637)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1USA (South Dakota) Gripholagomys lavocati (67636)
Monroecreekian24.7 - 23.1Canada (Saskatchewan) Gripholagomys lavocati (17526)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Gripholagomys lavocati (17802 17816 17843 69806 69807)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Gripholagomys lavocati (17934)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) Gripholagomys lavocati (17877 type locality: 17878)