''Serengetilagus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lagomorph in the family
Leporidae. It lived in the Pliocene of Kenya and Tanzania and the Late Miocene of Chad.
''Serengetilagus'' is the best-represented taxon from
Laetoli, with approximately 34 percent of fossils in the Laetolil Beds attributed to this genus. Additional specimens from Angola, Morocco and Ukraine may also belong to this genus. It had a number of specific features unknown in other lagomorphs, such as a "missing"
mesoflexid on its third premolar.
[The Lower Third Premolar of Serengetilagus praecapensis (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Laetoli, Tanzania. In: Harrison T. (eds) Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_3]
The genus is represented by two species: ''
Serengetilagus praecapensis'', the type species, and ''
S. tchadensis'', known from 18 specimens from the Toros Menalla locality of Chad.
References
Prehistoric lagomorphs
Leporidae
Prehistoric placental genera
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