Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alternative combination: Lepus macrocephalus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219
Belongs to Archaeolagus according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Dingus 1990, Gawne 1976, Gazin 1930, Green 1972, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Matthew 1907 and Matthew 1924
Sister taxa: Archaeolagus acaricolus, Archaeolagus buangulus, Archaeolagus emeraldensis, Archaeolagus primigenius
Type specimen: Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 17, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: New Mexico, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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