DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER CHEEK TEETH OF GOBIOLAGUS TOLMACHOVI (LAGOMORPHA, MAMMALIA)

The upper cheek teeth of a Late Eocene laporid, Gobiolagus tolmachovi, are described here for the first time. Of 9 genera of Palaeolaginae of Leporidae, it is only the genus Gobiolagus, whose upper cheek teeth have never been reported before. The specimen was collected by the Sino-Soviet Palaeontological Expedition team in Shara Murun area, Nei Mongol in 1960. Its geological age is considered to be of Late oEcene (Shara Murun Formation).