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Gripholagomys lavocati

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy
Gripholagomys lavocati was named by Green (1972). Its type specimen is SDSM No. 62294, a maxilla (fragmentary left maxilla with P3-M1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Black Bear Quarry II, which is in a Hemingfordian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota. It is the type species of Gripholagomys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Gripholagomys lavocati Green p. 378

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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
familyOchotonidaeThomas 1897
genusGripholagomys
specieslavocati

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.

†Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:49:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Harrisonian or 26.30000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Nebraska) Gripholagomys lavocati (67637)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Gripholagomys lavocati (67636)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Gripholagomys lavocati (17526)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Gripholagomys lavocati (17802 17816 17843 69806 69807)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Gripholagomys lavocati (17934)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Gripholagomys lavocati (17877 type locality: 17878)