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Palaeolagus burkei

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Palaeolagus burkei was named by Schlaikjer (1935). It is not extant. Its type locality is Vista, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer
1940Palaeolagus burkei Wood
2020Palaeolagus burkei Lofgren et al.

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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
subfamilyPalaeolaginaeDice 1929
genusPalaeolagus
speciesburkeiSchlaikjer 1935

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.

†Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Whitneyan or 33.90000 to 30.80000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Palaeolagus burkei (17115)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Palaeolagus burkei (17206 17216 17221 17229 17242 17250 17257)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Palaeolagus burkei (17082 17083)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Palaeolagus burkei (17318)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) Palaeolagus burkei (17074 17075 17090 17109 17137 17138 17154)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Palaeolagus burkei (17111)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) Palaeolagus burkei (17406)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Palaeolagus burkei (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Palaeolagus burkei (17336 17337 17338 17371)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Colorado) Palaeolagus burkei (type locality: 17426)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Palaeolagus burkei (230863)
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian33.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Palaeolagus burkei (17306)