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Desmatolagus gobiensis

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Desmatolagus gobiensis was named by Matthew and Granger (1923). Its type specimen is AMNH 19103, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Desmatolagus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. schargaltensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger
1926Desmatolagus radicidens Teilhard de Chardin
1937Desmatolagus parvidens Bohlin
1937Desmatolagus shargaltensis Bohlin
1960Procaprolagus mongolicus Gureev
1960Procaprolagus orlovi Gureev
1960Sinolagomys tatalgolicus Gureev
1975Desmatolagus gobiensis Sych
2004Desmatolagus gobiensis Wang and Qiu p. 135
2005Desmatolagus gobiensis Meng 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
genusDesmatolagus
speciesgobiensis

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.

†Desmatolagus gobiensis Matthew and Granger 1923
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Invalid names: Desmatolagus parvidens Bohlin 1937 [synonym], Desmatolagus radicidens Teilhard de Chardin 1926 [synonym], Desmatolagus shargaltensis Bohlin 1937 [synonym], Procaprolagus mongolicus Gureev 1960 [synonym], Procaprolagus orlovi Gureev 1960 [synonym], Sinolagomys tatalgolicus Gureev 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available