Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alternative combinations: Hypolagus primitivus, Palaeolagus primitivus
Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189
Belongs to Megalagus according to M. R. Dawson 1958
See also Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970 and Wood 1940
Sister taxa: Megalagus abaconis, Megalagus brachyodon, Megalagus dawsoni, Megalagus turgidus
Type specimen: MCZ 2887, a partial skull. Its type locality is YBO Ranch, which is in an Arikareean/Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (10: South Dakota)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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