Pronolagus humpatensis
| Pronolagus humpatensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | Pronolagus |
| Species: | †P. humpatensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pronolagus humpatensis Sen & Pickford 2022[2]
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Pronolagus humpatensis is a fossil species of lagomorph from the early Pleistocene of Humpata Plateau, Huíla, Angola.[3] Its remains have been identified in breccias from Plio-Pleistocene infills in the karsts of Huíla Province.[4]
Excavation
[edit]A 2019 excavation of breccias in Leba Cave, a location in the Humpata Plateau, discovered a single Pronolagus specimen near the surface.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Pedro Silvano 2022, pp. 58–59, 62, 66.
- ^ Sen & Pickford 2022, pp. 82–92.
- ^ Linchamps et al. 2025.
- ^ Matos et al. 2023, p. 325.
- ^ Mirote de Matos 2023, p. 63.
Sources
[edit]- Linchamps, Pierre; Hanon, Raphaël; Stoetzel, Emmanuelle; Cohen, Brigette; Steininger, Christine (January 2025). "Medium and large-sized Glires (Rodents and Lagomorphs) from the early Pleistocene Cooper's D locality in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa". Quaternary International. 715: 109590. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2024.11.008.
- Matos, Daniela de; Zastrow, Julia; Val, Aurore; Mendelsohn, John (December 15, 2023). Mendelsohn, John; Huntley, Brian; Vaz Pinto, Pedro (eds.). "Caves and their fauna in Highlands and Escarpments of Angola and Namibia". Namibian Journal of Environment. 8. Namibia: Environmental Information Service; Namibia for the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism; the Namibian Chamber of Environment; the Namibia University of Science and Technology. hdl:10316/111102. ISSN 2026-8327.
- Mirote de Matos, Daniela Filipa (August 9, 2023), Geoarchaeological Investigations in Southwestern Angola: macro- and micro-scale approaches to the Middle and Late Pleistocene of Leba Cave, Universitaet Tuebingen, Conard, Nicholas (Prof Dr.), Universität Tübingen, doi:10.15496/PUBLIKATION-85409, retrieved February 1, 2025
- Pedro Silvano, Carlos Gaudari (February 2022). Geossítios de Vertebrados Fósseis de Angola (PDF) (in Portuguese). Campolide, Lisbon: NOVA University Lisbon.
- Sen, Sevket; Geraads, Denis (September 2023). "Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Pliocene-Pleistocene locality of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 103 (3): 633–661. doi:10.1007/s12549-022-00569-5. ISSN 1867-1594.
- Sen, S.; Pickford, M. (2022). "Red Rock Hares (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) past and present in southern Africa, and a new species of Pronolagus from the early Pleistocene of Angola" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 24: 67–96.
- Sen, S.; Geraads, D.; Pickford, M.; Vacant, R. (2024). "Pliocene and Pleistocene lagomorphs (Mammalia) from Northwest Africa: new discoveries". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104: 381–417. doi:10.1007/s12549-024-00605-6.