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Alilepus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Alilepus was named by Dice (1931) [type Mongolian A. annectens]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Leporinae by Dawson (1958); to Palaeolaginae by Fejfar (1961); and to Leporidae by Dice (1931) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
A. browni, A. dietrichi, A. hibbardi, A. vagus, A. wilsoni
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. elongatus

Synonyms
  • Allolagus was named by Dice (1929) [preoccupied by an Old World lagomorph].

    It was synonymized subjectively with Alilepus by Dice (1931), Dawson (1958) and White (1991).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Allolagus Dice
1931Alilepus Dice
1958Alilepus Dawson p. 61
1961Alilepus Fejfar p. 268
1997Alilepus McKenna and Bell

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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
genusAlilepusDice 1931

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. †Alilepus Dice 1931
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†Alilepus browni Hay 1921
†Alilepus dietrichi Fejfar 1961
†Alilepus hibbardi White 1991
†Alilepus vagus Gazin 1934
†Alilepus wilsoni White 1991
Invalid names: Allolagus Dice 1929 [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 Barstovian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 16.30000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (18412)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) A. hibbardi (19185)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Leporidae indet. (18835)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) A. sp. (18470)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (18327)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) A. longisinuosus (11798)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova A. sp. (152254)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya A. sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) A. sp. (230332)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) A. elongatus (202265)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) A. vagus (18359)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) A. sp. (44219 44220 44221 44222 44223 44224)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) A. turolensis (32189)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Greece (Attica) A. sp. (68214)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya A. sp. (22274)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece A. turolensis (31229)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') A. sp. (39409)
Ruscinian - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece A. turolensis (31931)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) A. vagus (19808 19903 93106) Pratilepus vagus (19813 19815 19906 19908)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) A. wilsoni, Pratilepus vagus (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (19954)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) A. vagus (19999)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) A. wilsoni (20060)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Hypolagus virginiae (19652)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Slovakia (Trenčín) A. dietrichi (34255)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Hypolagus sp. (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Islas Baleares) A. sp. (36974)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Brachylagus browni (19617)