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Prolagus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy
Prolagus was named by Pomel (1853) [also said to be Pomel 1854]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ochotonidae by de Bruijn (1989), Vasileiadou and Koufos (2005), Becker et al. (2010) and Zoboli and Pillola (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Prolagus Pomel
1989Prolagus de Bruijn
2005Prolagus Vasileiadou and Koufos p. 218
2010Prolagus Becker et al.
2017Prolagus Zoboli and Pillola p. 247

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—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
genusProlagusPomel 1853

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. †Prolagus Pomel 1853
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†Prolagus crusafonti López Martinez 1977
†Prolagus oeningensis König 1825
†Prolagus sardus Wagner 1829
†Prolagus vasconiensis Viret 1930
†Prolagus vasconiensis fortis Alvarez Sierra et al. 1991
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (186 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 123.03 - 22.4Spain (Huesca) P. vasconiensis (67191)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) P. praevasconiensis (203089 203091 203092 203093 203094) P. sp. (203090)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany P. oeningensis (70337)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Switzerland (Aargau) P. oeningensis (201974)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) P. vasconiensis (35751)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France P. aeningensis (200296)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) P. crusafonti (201497)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) P. vasconiensis (35750)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) P. oeningensis (205184)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) P. vasconiensis (48069)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) P. calpensis (40985)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) P. calpensis (34128)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) P. sardus (51482)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) P. sardus (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) P. sardus (226834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) P. sardus (51483 51502 51504 51505 51549 51550 51551)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Southern Sardinia) P. sardus (214506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) P. sardus (215362 215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) P. sardus (51552 51553)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) P. sardus (215365 215376 215378)