Shamolagus, the Glossary
Shamolagus is an extinct genus of lagomorphs that lived in present-day China and Mongolia during the Eocene epoch.[1]
Table of Contents
8 relations: China, Eocene, Extinction, Genus, Geologic time scale, Lagomorpha, Mongolia, Species.
- Prehistoric lagomorphs
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
See Shamolagus and Geologic time scale
Lagomorpha
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae (pikas).
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
See also
Prehistoric lagomorphs
- Aztlanolagus
- Brachylagus coloradoensis
- Giant pika
- Hypolagus
- Nesolagus sinensis
- Nuralagus
- Ochotona spanglei
- Oryctolagus lacosti
- Palaeolagus
- Prolagus
- Prolagus imperialis
- Prolagus oeningensis
- Prolagus osmolskae
- Serengetilagus
- Shamolagus
- Sylvilagus leonensis