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Desmatolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Desmatolagus Matthew and Granger
1939Agispelagus Argyropulo p. 727
1941Desmatolagus Burke
1958Desmatolagus Dawson p. 18
1960Procaprolagus Gureev
1991Desmatolagus Wang and Wang
1997Agispelagus McKenna and Bell
1997Desmatolagus McKenna and Bell
1997Procaprolagus McKenna and Bell
1998Desmatolagus Lopatin
1998Procaprolagus Lopatin
2004Desmatolagus Meng and Hu p. 266
2004Desmatolagus Wang and Qiu p. 135
2005Desmatolagus Meng et al.
2009Desmatolagus Bendukidze et al. p. 347

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—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
genusDesmatolagus

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. †Desmatolagus Matthew and Granger 1923
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†Desmatolagus ardynense Burke 1941
†Desmatolagus chinensis Erbajeva and Sen 1998
†Desmatolagus gazini Burke 1936
†Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923
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Invalid names: Desmatolagus parvidens Bohlin 1937 [synonym], Desmatolagus radicidens Teilhard de Chardin 1926 [synonym], Desmatolagus shargaltensis Bohlin 1937 [synonym], Procaprolagus mongolicus Gureev 1960 [synonym], Procaprolagus orlovi Gureev 1960 [synonym], Sinolagomys tatalgolicus Gureev 1960 [synonym]
†Desmatolagus orlovi Gureev 1960
†Desmatolagus periaralicus Lopatin 1998
†Desmatolagus pusillus Teilhard de Chardin 1926
†Desmatolagus robustus Matthew and Granger 1923
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Invalid names: Agispelagus youngi Gureev 1960 [synonym], Procaprolagus maximus Gureev 1960 [synonym]
†Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940
†Desmatolagus veletus Lopatin 1998
†Desmatolagus vetustus Burke 1941
†Desmatolagus vusillus Storer 1984
†Desmatolagus youngi Gureev 1960
Invalid names: Agispelagus Argyropulo 1939 [synonym], Procaprolagus Gureev 1960 [synonym]
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Harrisonian or 46.20000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) D. vetustus (61229)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Procaprolagus vusillus (16626)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Procaprolagus sp. (16912)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) D. sp., D. vetustus (77908) D. vetustus (174752 174913 174914)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia D. robustus (73781)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Procaprolagus gazini (17059 17238)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Kazakhstan (Aktyubinskaya) D. sp. (174743)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Xinjiang) D. sp. (180951 180952) D. vetustus (174978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Ovorhangai) D. gobiensis (183103)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia D. gobiensis (177035 183102 183104) D. gobiensis, D. orlovi (75601) D. gobiensis, D. robustus (53979) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. simplex, D. robustus, D. youngi, D. orlovi (175168) D. vetustus (182130)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Western Gobi Dessert) D. gobiensis (77771)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Ningxia) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. pusillus (182895)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) D. gobiensis (77998) D. gobiensis, D. pusillus (77999) D. pusillus (182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) D. gobiensis, D. pusillus (174759) D. gobiensis, D. pusillus, D. robustus (175386 175387) D. sp. (34695)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) D. gobiensis (135804 180956 201176) D. gobiensis, D. chinensis, D. orlovi (180961) D. gobiensis, D. robustus, D. chinensis, D. orlovi (180955) D. gobiensis, D. simplex, D. youngi (201185) D. gobiensis, D. vetustus, D. youngi, D. orlovi (75595) D. gobiensis, D. youngi (175169) D. gobiensis, D. youngi, D. orlovi (180964) D. orlovi (135802) D. robustus (182119) D. simplex (180963) D. sp. (187263) D. sp., D. gobiensis (135791 180959) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. robustus, D. youngi, D. chinensis (201191) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. simplex (182131) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. youngi, D. orlovi (187301) D. sp., D. simplex, D. chinensis (187298) D. vetustus (135803 180953) D. youngi (182113 182129)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) D. sp. (36708)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (17490)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) D. sp. (93080 212628)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) D. sp. (17543)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Övörkhangai) D. chinensis (182076) D. gobiensis, D. shargaltensis, D. orlovi (180986) D. gobiensis, D. simplex (182075) D. simplex (182078) D. sp. (182081 182085) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. simplex (182084 187257)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan Agispelagus simplex (74900) D. robustus (180344) D. schargaltensis, Agispelagus simplex (64413) D. shargaltensis (152103)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia D. chinensis (176448 182132 201162) D. gobiensis, D. chinensis (176447 180972) D. gobiensis, D. orlovi (176446 182121) D. orlovi (182133) D. robustus (75602) D. simplex (182072) D. simplex, D. chinensis (75599) D. sp., D. gobiensis, D. simplex, D. chinensis, D. orlovi (75588 180971)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) D. periaralicus (37205) D. shargaltensis, D. robustus (175921) D. simplex, D. periaralicus, D. shargaltensis (175920)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) D. gobiensis (176451) D. pusillus, D. robustus (175388)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Xinjiang) D. sp. (77943)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Bayankhongor) D. chinensis (75598)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kazakhstan D. schargaltensis (64412)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian26.3 - 18.5USA (Oregon) D. sp. (17528)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia D. gobiensis (182091) D. sp. (180975 180976 182090)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) D. schizopetrus (18003)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) D. schizopetrus (19073 19074 19075 19076)