Afrolagus
| Afrolagus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Lagomorpha |
| Family: | Leporidae |
| Genus: | †Afrolagus |
| Species: | †A. pomeli
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| Binomial name | |
| †Afrolagus pomeli Sen & Geraads, 2023
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Afrolagus is an extinct genus of leporid that lived in the Maghreb during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
Distribution
Afrolagus pomeli is known from the fossil site of Ahl al Oughlam in Morocco.[1]
References
- ^ Sen, Sevket; Geraads, Denis (3 February 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. Retrieved 22 October 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.