Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 (rabbit)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Synonyms: Archaeolagus striatus Walker 1931, Palaeolagus agapetillus Cope 1873, Palaeolagus leporinus Cope 1873, Protolagus affinus Walker 1931, Tricium annae Cope 1873, Tricium avunculus Cope 1873, Tricium leporinum Cope 1873

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1856. Notice of remains of extinct Mammalia, discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:88-90

Belongs to Palaeolagus according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022

See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Cope 1873, Dawson 1958, Green 1942, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1857, Matthew 1902, Troxell 1921 and Wood 1940

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

Type specimens:

  • Palaeolagus haydeni: Its type locality is Head of Bear Creek (Orellan/Nebraska), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in Nebraska
  • Archaeolagus striatus:
  • Palaeolagus agapetillus:
  • Protolagus affinus:
  • Tricium annae:
  • Tricium avunculus:
  • Tricium leporinum:

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (51: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Eocene of United States (4: Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)

Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence

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