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Megalagus turgidus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Palaeolagus turgidus was named by Cope (1873).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeolagus brachyodon by Matthew (1903); it was recombined as Megalagus turgidus by Walker (1931), Wood (1940), Green (1942), Galbreath (1953) and Dawson (1958).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Palaeolagus triplex Cope p. 4
1873Palaeolagus turgidus Cope p. 4
1873Tricium paniense Cope p. 4
1891Palaeolagus turgidus Cope p. 5
1902Palaeolagus triplex Hay p. 736
1902Palaeolagus turgidus Hay p. 736
1908Palaeolagus turgidus Lambe
1931Megalagus turgidus Walker
1934Palaeolagus turgidus Burke
1940Megalagus turgidus Wood
1942Megalagus turgidus Green
1953Megalagus turgidus Galbreath
1958Megalagus turgidus Dawson

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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
genusMegalagusWalker 1931
speciesturgidus()

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.

†Megalagus turgidus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Palaeolagus triplex Cope 1873 [synonym], Tricium paniense Cope 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available