Palaeolagus primus Emry and Gawne 1986 (rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Full reference: R. J. Emry and C. E. Gawne. 1986. A Primitive, Early Oligocene Species of Palaeolagus (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from the Flagstaff Rim Area of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(3)

Belongs to Palaeolagus according to R. J. Emry and C. E. Gawne 1986

Sister taxa: Palaeolagus burkei, Palaeolagus haydeni, Palaeolagus hemirhizis, Palaeolagus hypsodus, Palaeolagus intermedius, Palaeolagus philoi, Palaeolagus temnodon, Tricium agapetilla

Type specimen: Its type locality is Flagstaff Rim I, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Flagstaff Rim I

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