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Ochotonidae (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy

Ochotonidae was named by Thomas (1897). It is extant. Its type is Ochotona.

It was assigned to Lagomorpha by Hay (1902); to Duplicidentati by Jaekel (1911); and to Lagomorpha by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Bendukidze et al. (2009) and Becker et al. (2010).

Subtaxa

Amphilagus, Bellatona, Bohlinotona, Cuyamalagus, Gripholagomys, Hesperolagomys, Ochotona (type genus), Ochotoninae, Oklahomalagus, Paludotona, Piezodus, Praotherium palatinum, Prolagus, Russellagus, Sinolagomyinae, Titanomys

Synonyms

Praotherium palatinum was named by Cope (1871).

It was recombined as Lagomys palatinus by Cope (1899); it was recombined as Ochotona palatinus by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Lagomyidae was named by Lilljeborg (1866). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ochotonidae by Hay (1902), Jaekel (1911) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Duplicidentata by Flower (1883); and to Duplicidentata by Flower and Lydekker (1891).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1866	Lagomyidae Lilljeborg p. 9
1871	Praotherium palatinum Cope
1883	Lagomyidae Flower p. 185
1891	Lagomyidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1897	Ochotonidae Thomas
1899	Lagomys palatinus Cope
1902	Ochotona palatinus Hay p. 735
1902	Ochotonidae Hay p. 735
1911	Ochotonidae Jaekel p. 221
1980	Ochotonidae Kurten and Anderson p. 275
1988	Ochotonidae Carroll
1991	Ochotonidae Nowak
2009	Ochotonidae Bendukidze et al. p. 349
2010	Ochotonidae Becker et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Duplicidentata	()
order	Lagomorpha	Brandt 1885
family	Ochotonidae	Thomas 1897
family	Ochotonidae	Thomas 1897

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.

Fm. Ochotonidae Thomas 1897 [pika]

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G. †Amphilagus Tobien 1974

†Amphilagus magnus Erbajeva 2013

†Amphilagus orientalis Erbajeva 2013

†Amphilagus plicadentis Erbajeva 2013

†Amphilagus tomidai Erbajeva et al. 2016

G. †Bellatona Dawson 1961

†Bellatona forsythmajori Dawson 1961

†Bellatona kazakhstanica Erbajeva 1988

†Bellatona yanghuensis Zhou 1988

G. †Bohlinotona Muizon 1977

†Bohlinotona pusilla Teilhard de Chardin 1926

G. †Cuyamalagus Hutchison and Lindsay 1974

†Cuyamalagus dawsoni Hutchison and Lindsay 1974

G. †Gripholagomys Green 1972

†Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972

G. †Hesperolagomys Clark et al. 1964

†Hesperolagomys fluviatilis Storer 1970

†Hesperolagomys galbreathi Clark et al. 1964

G. Ochotona Link 1795 [pika]

Ochotona collaris Nelson 1893

Ochotona daurica Pallas 1776

Ochotona princeps Richardson 1828 [American pika]

†Ochotona spanglei Shotwell 1956

†Ochotona valerotae Erbayeva et al. 2001

†Ochotona whartoni Guthrie and Matthews, Jr. 1971

Subfm. †Ochotoninae Thomas 1897

G. †Albertona Lopez-Martinez 1986

G. †Alloptox Dawson 1961

†Alloptox anatoliensis Unay and Sen 1976

†Alloptox chinghaiensis Qiu et al. 1981

†Alloptox gobiensis Dawson 1961

†Alloptox minor Li 1978

G. †Lagopsis Schlosser 1894

†Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856

G. †Marcuinomys Groizet 1839

G. †Ochotonoides Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1931

G. †Ochotonoma Sen 1998

†Ochotonoma anatolia Sen 1998

G. †Pliolagomys Erbajeva 1983

G. †Proochotona Chomenko 1914

G. †Oklahomalagus Dalquest et al. 1996

†Oklahomalagus whisenhunti Dalquest et al. 1996

G. †Paludotona Dawson 1959

G. †Piezodus Viret 1929

G. †Prolagus Pomel 1853

†Prolagus crusafonti López Martinez 1977

†Prolagus oeningensis König 1825

†Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829

†Prolagus vasconiensis Viret 1930

†Prolagus vasconiensis fortis Alvarez Sierra et al. 1991

G. †Russellagus Storer 1970

†Russellagus vonhofi Storer 1970

Subfm. †Sinolagomyinae Gureev 1960

G. †Austrolagomys Stromer 1926

G. †Bellatonoides Sen 2003

G. †Heterolagus Crusafont et al. 1955

G. †Kenyalagomys MacInnes 1953

G. †Oreolagus Dice 1917

†Oreolagus colteri Barnosky 1986

†Oreolagus nebrascensis McGrew 1941

†Oreolagus nevadensis Kellogg 1910

†Oreolagus wallacei Dawson 1965

†Oreolagus wilsoni Dawson 1965

G. †Sinolagomys Bohlin 1937

†Sinolagomys badamae Erbajeva et al. 2017

†Sinolagomys gracilis Bohlin 1942

†Sinolagomys kansuensis Bohlin 1937

†Sinolagomys major Bohlin 1937

†Sinolagomys pachygnathus Li and Qiu 1980

†Sinolagomys ulungurensis Tong 1989

G. †Titanomys von Meyer 1843

Invalid names: Lagomyidae Lilljeborg 1866 [synonym], Praotherium palatinum Cope 1871 [nomen dubium]

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

Comments:

life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999f

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-26 13:49:04

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Holocene or 29.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (577 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	China (Nei Mongol)	Sinolagomys kansuensis (175386 175387) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Bohlinotona spp. (174759)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	China (Gansu)	Ochotonidae indet. (182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Mongolia (Övörkhangai)	Sinolagomys kansuensis (180961) Sinolagomys major (135793 201191)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Montana)	Archaeolagus sp. (17700)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Idaho)	Oreolagus sp. (17588)
late Late Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (California)	Cuyamalagus dawsoni (167836 167843 167852) Gripholagomys sp. (167848 167849 167850 167853 167855) Gripholagomys sp., Cuyamalagus dawsoni (167829 167839)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Mongolia	Bohlinotona pusilla (180971 182072) Sinolagomys badamae (182121) Sinolagomys kansuensis (176448 182133) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Bohlinotona pusilla (176446) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Bohlinotona pusilla, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (75599) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major (182140 183913) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Amphilagus magnus, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (182083) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (182061) Sinolagomys major (182142) Sinolagomys sp. (182080) Sinolagomys sp., Bohlinotona pusilla (75588) Sinolagomys sp., Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Bohlinotona pusilla, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (75602) Sinolagomys sp., Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (176447 182143)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk)	Sinolagomys pachygnathus (37205 175921)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	China (Xinjiang)	Ochotonidae indet. (175150) Sinolagomys sp. (77943)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	China (Gansu)	Sinolagomys kansuensis (175380 175381 176444 176452) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major (175379 175382 175383) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Sinolagomys gracilis (175388)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Mongolia (Övörkhangai)	Bohlinotona pusilla (180986 182075) Sinolagomys kansuensis (182081 182139) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major (182078 182084 182085) Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (182082) Sinolagomys major (182086 182141) Sinolagomys sp. (182076 183914)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Kazakhstan	Sinolagomys major (180344) Sinolagomys pachygnathus (64413 152103 175959 175969)
MP 28	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)	Amphilagus wuttkei (71942)
MP 29	28.4 - 23.03	France (Aquitaine)	Piezodus sp., Amphilagus sp. (37208)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia)	Ochotonidae indet. (84606)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Bavaria)	Amphilagus antiquus (84364)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sinolagomys sp. (183547)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Piezodus branssatensis (66105 66109 66111)
MP 30 - MN 1	28.4 - 22.4	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Amphilagus ulmensis (66110)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	28.4 - 15.97	Mongolia	Bellatona sp., Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Amphilagus magnus, Sinolagomys ulungurensis (182134) Sinolagomys major, Amphilagus magnus (182135) Sinolagomys sp., Sinolagomys kansuensis, Sinolagomys major, Amphilagus magnus (182087)