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Oreolagus nebrascensis

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy
Oreolagus nebrascensis was named by McGrew (1941). Its type locality is Oreolagus nebrascensis Type Locality, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Oreolagus nebrascensis McGrew

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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
subfamilySinolagomyinaeGureev 1960
genusOreolagus
speciesnebrascensisMcGrew 1941

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.

†Oreolagus nebrascensis McGrew 1941
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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 Early/Lower Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Oreolagus nebrascensis (17934 17963 type locality: 17977 26019 69808 69915 69916) Oreolagus sp. (17892)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (New Mexico) Oreolagus nebrascensis (19188)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) Oreolagus nebrascensis (18003)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Oreolagus nebrascensis (18910 19073 19074 19075 19076 19077 19078 19079 19080 19081)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Oreolagus nebrascensis (17889)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Oreolagus nebrascensis (17976)