Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alternative combination: Procaprolagus gazini
Full reference: J. J. Burke. 1936. Ardynomys and Desmatolagus in the North American Oligocene. Annals of Carnegie Museum 25:133-154
Belongs to Desmatolagus according to J. Meng and Y.-M. Hu 2004
See also Burke 1936, Korth and Hageman 1988 and Storer 1984
Sister taxa: Desmatolagus ardynense, Desmatolagus chinensis, Desmatolagus gobiensis, Desmatolagus orlovi, Desmatolagus periaralicus, Desmatolagus pusillus, Desmatolagus robustus, Desmatolagus schizopetrus, Desmatolagus simplex, Desmatolagus veletus, Desmatolagus vetustus, Desmatolagus vusillus, Desmatolagus youngi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Badland Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the "Oreodon Beds" Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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