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Alilepus vagus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4972221https://www.gbif.org/species/4972221
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43871https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43871
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Alilepus : Alilepus vagus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Alilepus : Alilepus vagus
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
subfamilyLeporinaeTrouessart 1880
genusAlilepusDice 1931
speciesAlilepus vagusGazin 1934
Generic NameAlilepus
Scientific NameAlilepus vagus (Gazin, 1934)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Alilepus vagusspeciesbelongs to Alilepusstated without evidenceGazin, 1934
Alilepus vagusspeciesbelongs to Pratilepusstated without evidenceTaylor, 1965
Alilepus vagusspeciesbelongs to Alilepusstated with evidenceWhite, 1991
Alilepus vagusspeciesbelongs to Alilepusstated without evidenceWhite and Morgan, 1995
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Leporidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. R. Dawson. 1967. Lagomorph history and the stratigraphic record. In C. Teichert, E. L. Yochelson (eds.), Essays in Paleontology and Stratigraphy (R.C. Moore commemorative volume)

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Pratilepus vagus (Gazin, 1934)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Alilepus : Pratilepus vagus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Alilepus vagus Gazin
1965Pratilepus vagus Taylor
1967Pratilepus vagus Dawson
1969Pratilepus vagus Hibbard
1980Pratilepus vagus Kurten and Anderson p. 278
1991Alilepus vagus White
1995Alilepus vagus White and Morgan

References

Dawson M. R. (1967) Lagomorph history and the stratigraphic record, Essays in Paleontology and Stratigraphy (R.C. Moore commemorative volume), 287-316
Hibbard C. W. (1969) The rabbits (Hypolagus and Pratilepus) from the upper Pliocene, Hagerman local fauna of Idaho, Michigan Academician 1 1, 81-97
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
White J. A. (1991) North American Leporinae (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from late Miocene (Clarendonian) to latest Pliocene (Blancan), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 1, 67-89
White J. A., Morgan N. H. (1995) The Leporidae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from the Blancan (Pliocene) Taunton Local Fauna of Washington, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 2, 366-374
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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