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Pewelagus mexicanus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Hypolagus mexicanus was named by Miller and Carranza-Castaneda (1982). Its type locality is Rancho Viejo, which is in a Blancan floodplain claystone/ash in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Pewelagus mexicanus by White (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Hypolagus mexicanus Miller and Carranza-Castaneda
1988Pewelagus mexicanus White

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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
genusPewelagus
speciesmexicanus()

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.

Pewelagus mexicanus Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available