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Pronolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Pronolagus was named by Lyon (1904). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Leporinae by Dawson (1958); and to Leporidae by Pickford and Senut (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Pronolagus Lyon
1958Pronolagus Dawson p. 60
1997Pronolagus Pickford and Senut p. 201

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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
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusPronolagusLyon 1904

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. †Pronolagus Lyon 1904
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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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa P. sp. (22221 22222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa P. sp. (22339 22341)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa P. rupestris (207105)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) P. sp. (183152)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa (Namaqualand) P. sp. (51188)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) P. sp. (51187)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) P. crassicaudatus (21693)