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Palaeolagus hypsodus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

Taxonomy
Palaeolagus hypsodus was named by Schlaikjer (1935) [status questioned by Tabrum et al. 1996]. Its type specimen is MCZ 2889, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Creek Mountain (West 2), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer

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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
subfamilyPalaeolaginaeDice 1929
genusPalaeolagus
specieshypsodus

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.

†Palaeolagus hypsodus Schlaikjer 1935
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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: 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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Geringian or 29.50000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Palaeolagus hypsodus (17494 17495 17535 17544 17590 17709)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Palaeolagus hypsodus (17610 17626 17630 17633 17634 17636 17638 17641 17642 17643 17644 17645 17654)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Palaeolagus hypsodus (17509)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Palaeolagus hypsodus (17465 17471 17542 17567)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Palaeolagus hypsodus (17467 type locality: 17469)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Palaeolagus hypsodus (156729)