Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Parent taxon: Ochotonidae according to M. Erbajeva et al. 2017
See also Erbajeva et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Amphilagus, Bellatona, Bohlinotona, Cuyamalagus, Gripholagomys, Hesperolagomys, Ochotona, Ochotoninae, Oklahomalagus, Paludotona, Piezodus, Praotherium palatinum, Prolagus, Russellagus, Titanomys
Subtaxa: Austrolagomys Bellatonoides Heterolagus Kenyalagomys Oreolagus Sinolagomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), China (4), Kenya (2), Libya (1), Mongolia (16), Namibia (1), United States (30: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Idaho)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Mongolia (4)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (12), Kazakhstan (8), Mongolia (28)
Total: 110 collections including 163 occurrences