Nesolagus sinensis

Nesolagus sinensis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Nesolagus
Species:
†N. sinensis
Binomial name
†Nesolagus sinensis
Jin, Tomida, Wang & Zhang, 2010[1]

Nesolagus sinensis is a fossil species of striped rabbit (genus Nesolagus) from the early Middle Pleistocene "Gigantopithecus fauna" of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is believed to be ancestral to the living members of the genus, and to have evolved from the Miocene genus Alilepus.[1] It is the first fossil taxon in its genus, and the only leporid in the Gigantopithecus fauna.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Jin, ChangZu; Yukimitsu Tomida; Yuan Wang; YingQi Zhang (1 August 2010). "First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae Lagomorpha)". Science China Earth Sciences. 53 (8): 1134–1140. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4010-3. S2CID 88422971.
  2. ^ "[Paleontology/Mammalogy • 2010] Nesolagus sinensis • First discovery of fossil Nesolagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from Southeast Asia".


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