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Paleolagus
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Taxonomy
Hare
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Paleolagus
Species: Paleolagus haydeni
Author Citation Leidy, 1856
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
Stratigraphy
White River Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Converse County
Wyoming
United States
Comments
Palaeolagus ('ancient hare') is an extinct genus of lagomorph. Palaeolagus lived in the Oligocene period which was about 33-23 million years ago. The earliest leporids described from the fossil record of North America and Asia date to the upper Eocene some 40 million years ago.
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