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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