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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Ochotonidae |
| Genus: | †Russellagus |
| Species: | †R. vonhofi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Russellagus vonhofi Storer, 1970
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Russellagus is an extinct genus of lagomorph that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Description
[edit]Russellagus vonhofi had rooted, hypsodont postcanine teeth. Its mandible contained mental foramina beneath the trigonids of the first molar and the fourth premolar, with the latter mental foramen being smaller than the former. The ventral border of horizontal ramus was straight below the postcanine teeth, and it curved sharply ventrally to the angle. The lower molariform teeth had narrower and mesiodistally lengthened talonids than trigonids. The upper cheek teeth were unilaterally hypsodont.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB". Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Storer, John E. (1 August 1970). "New rodents and lagomorphs from the Upper Miocene Wood Mountain Formation of southern Saskatchewan". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 7 (4): 1125–1129. doi:10.1139/e70-106. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 18 November 2025 – via Canadian Science Publishing.