A primitive, early Oligocene species ofPalaeolagus(Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from the Flagstaff Rim area of Wyoming
- 2 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Vol. 6 (3) , 271-280
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1986.10011622
Abstract
Screen washing of matrix from a site in the lower part of the White River Formation in the Flagstaff Rim area of central Wyoming has yielded a sample of lagomorph teeth described as Palaeolagus primus, new species. The teeth are lower crowned than those of the geologically younger P. temnodon and higher crowned than those of the geologically older Mytonolagus wyomingensis. They are intermediate also in size and in some morphological characters. The temporal and morphologic series Mytonolagus petersoni, M. wyomingensis, P. primus, and P. temnodon can be interpreted as a phylogenetic series.Keywords
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