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Hypolagus vetus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Discussion

UCMP 12565 (left dentary with incisor, p3-m2) from locality UCMP 1100 (Thousand Creek, Nevada) and UCMP 11571 (right dentary) from locality UCMP 1065 (Virgin Valley, Nevada) are listed as co-types in original description

Taxonomy
Lepus vetus was named by Kellogg (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 12565, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Hypolagus vetus by Dice (1917), Dawson (1958), Storer (1975), Baskin (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Dalquest (1983), White (1984), White (1988), Korth (1998) and Korth and De Blieux (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. beremendensis, H. brachygnathus, H. gromovi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Lepus vetus Kellogg
1917Hypolagus vetus Dice
1958Hypolagus vetus Dawson
1975Hypolagus vetus Storer
1979Hypolagus vetus Baskin
1980Hypolagus vetus Kurten and Anderson p. 277
1983Hypolagus vetus Dalquest
1984Hypolagus vetus White
1988Hypolagus vetus White
1998Hypolagus vetus Korth
2010Hypolagus vetus Korth and De Blieux p. 233

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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
genusHypolagus
speciesvetus()

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.

†Hypolagus vetus Kellogg 1910
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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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 16.30000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Hypolagus vetus (18931)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Hypolagus vetus (19367)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) Hypolagus vetus (19027)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Hypolagus vetus (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Hypolagus vetus (19392)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Hypolagus vetus (19035)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Hypolagus vetus (18273)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Hypolagus vetus (19036)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Hypolagus vetus (18327)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Hypolagus vetus (18201 18225)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Hypolagus vetus (18198)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Hypolagus vetus (18935 18936 18943 18944 19015)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Utah) Hypolagus vetus (94334)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Hypolagus vetus (type locality: 19095)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Hypolagus vetus (19085)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Hypolagus vetus (18263)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Hypolagus vetus (18304 170191)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Washington) Hypolagus vetus (232055)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Hypolagus vetus (19604)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Hypolagus vetus (18247)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Hypolagus vetus (19514)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Hypolagus sp. (20083)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Hypolagus vetus (93106)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Hypolagus vetus (19673 20075)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Hypolagus limnetus (19712) Hypolagus regalis (19714) Hypolagus vetus (19718 20089 20092 20093 20094 20095 20097 20098 20099 20100)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Hypolagus vetus (19982)