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Archaeolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Archaeolagus was named by Dice (1917) [also said to be 1929]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeolaginae by Dawson (1958) and Green (1972); and to Leporidae by Dice (1917) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Archaeolagus Dice
1958Archaeolagus Dawson p. 38
1972Archaeolagus Green p. 380
1997Archaeolagus McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidae
subfamilyArchaeolaginae
genusArchaeolagus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Archaeolagus Dice 1917
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†Archaeolagus acaricolus Dawson 1958
†Archaeolagus buangulus Stevens et al. 1969
†Archaeolagus emeraldensis Barnosky 1986
†Archaeolagus primigenius Matthew 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:52:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the early Early Arikareean to the top of the Langhian or 29.50000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian41.3 - 28.1Mexico (Oaxaca) A. sp. (166797)
Geringian - Monroecreekian30.8 - 24.8USA (Florida) Palaeolagus sp. (17726)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) A. sp. (17478 17543)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Palaeolagus sp. (17859)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) A. ennisianus (17696)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) A. sp. (212628)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) A. sp. (17852)
early Early Arikareean - early Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) A. sp. (175251)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) A. macrocephalus (18013)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) A. primigenius, Palaeolagus sp. (17526)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Texas) A. acaricolus, A. buangulus (17768) A. buangulus (17775 17836)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) A. primigenius (17802 17816) A. sp. (17843 28043 67638 69806)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (New Mexico) A. macrocephalus (17844)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) A. macrocephalus (17748) A. primigenius (17754)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (California) A. sp. (17742)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) A. sp. (19144)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) A. sp. (167840 167842)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) A. macrocephalus (17925)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (19188 19312)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (17892 17934 69808 69915 69916)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) A. sp. (18002)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (19434)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) A. macrocephalus, A. primigenius (17878)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) A. sp. (19031)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) A. sp. (19595)