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Notolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Notolagus was named by Wilson (1937). Its type is Notolagus velox.

It was assigned to Archaeolaginae by Dawson (1958) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Leporidae by Wilson (1937) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
N. lepusculus, N. velox (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Notolagus Wilson p. 98
1939Dicea Hibbard
1958Notolagus Dawson p. 58
1980Notolagus Kurten and Anderson p. 278
1997Notolagus 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
subfamilyArchaeolaginae
genusNotolagus

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. †Notolagus Wilson 1937
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†Notolagus lepusculus Hibbard 1939
†Notolagus velox Wilson 1937
Invalid names: Dicea Hibbard 1939 [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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 10.30000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) N. sp. (18745 189790)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) N. sp. (18738) N. velox (18737 18740)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) N. velox (18755)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) N. lepusculus (19932 19934 19935 19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) N. lepusculus (19982)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Guanajuato) N. velox (20077)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) N. lepusculus (19650 19653)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) N. sp. (154118)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) N. lepusculus (20060)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) N. sp. (20341)