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Desmatolagus robustus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8620802https://www.gbif.org/species/8620802
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)333043https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=333043
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Desmatolagus : Desmatolagus robustus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Desmatolagus : Desmatolagus robustus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
-Duplicidentata
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyLeporidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusDesmatolagusMatthew and Granger 1923
speciesDesmatolagus robustusMatthew & Granger 1923
Generic NameDesmatolagus
Scientific NameDesmatolagus robustus Matthew & Granger, 1923
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Desmatolagus robustusspeciesbelongs to Desmatolagusstated with evidenceMatthew and Granger, 1923
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Leporidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. Nine new rodents from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 102:1-10

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Agispelagus youngi Gureev, 1960GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Desmatolagus : Agispelagus youngi
Procaprolagus maximus Gureev, 1960GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Desmatolagus : Procaprolagus maximus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1923Desmatolagus robustus Matthew and Granger
1960Agispelagus youngi Gureev
1960Procaprolagus maximus Gureev
1975Desmatolagus robustus Sych

References

Matthew W. D., Granger W. (1923) Nine new rodents from the Oligocene of Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 102, 1-10
Sych L. (1975) Lagomorpha from the Oligocene of Mongolia, Palaeontologia Polonica 33, 183-200
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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