Oreolagus nevadensis Kellogg 1910 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Alternative combination: Palaeolagus nevadensis

Full reference: L. Kellogg. 1910. Rodent fauna of the late Tertiary beds at Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek, Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(29):421-437

Belongs to Oreolagus according to R. Nichols 1976

See also Dawson 1965, Dice 1917 and McGrew 1941

Sister taxa: Oreolagus colteri, Oreolagus nebrascensis, Oreolagus wallacei, Oreolagus wilsoni

Type specimen: UCMP 12575, a mandible. Its type locality is Virgin Valley, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Virgin Valley Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Montana, Nevada collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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