Prolagus oeningensis is an extinct lagomorph and the type species of its genus, Prolagus. It lived from 15.97 to 7.75 Ma, existing for about 8 million years.
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The species has been found in various locations in Europe and Asia. It was named after the town of Öhningen in Germany, its type locality. [4]
This species was possibly a herbivore like other living lagomorphs.
Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. "Prolagus". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
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Paleobiology Database: Ziemetshausen 1b, 1a (Miocene of Germany) Ginsburg, L.; Bonneau, M. (1995). "La succession des faunes de mammiferes miocenes de Pontigne (Maine-et-Loire, France)". Bulletin de Musee national Histoire naturell (in French). 4 (2–4): 313–328. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]Paleobiology Database: Pontigne 4 (marine) (Miocene of France) (les Buissoneaux) Böttcher, R.; Heizmann, E. P. J.; Rasser, M. W; Ziegler, R. (2009). "Biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of a Middle Miocene (Karpathian, MN 5) fauna from the northern margin of the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Oggenhausen 2, SW' Germany)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 254 (1/2): 237–260. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0011. [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
Paleobiology Database: Oggenhausen 2 (Miocene of Germany) Additional contributors to utilized records of Paleobiology Database (authorizers supplying these records) include Johannes Mueller, Philip Mannion, John Alroy, Mark Uhen.