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Serengetilagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Serengetilagus was named by Dietrich (1941).

It was assigned to Leporinae by Dawson (1958).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Serengetilagus Dietrich
1958Serengetilagus Dawson p. 60

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusSerengetilagusDietrich 1941

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. †Serengetilagus Dietrich 1941
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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, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.12600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad S. precapensis (24181)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) S. praecapensis (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya S. praecapensis (22235)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) S. sp. (168005)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco S. sp. (32052)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania S. praecapensis (21816)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Tanzania S. sp. (22628)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Morocco S. raynali (34330)