Lagomorph fossils are common at Early Miocene sites in the Northern Sperrgebiet, having been found at Elisabethfeld, Grillental and Langental. A single species, Austrolagomys inexpectatus Stromer, 1924, is present, the creation of a second species, A. simpsoni, by Hopwood (1929) being based on a combination of measurement error and inadequate illustration of the type species due to its abraded condition. The genus Kenyalagomys Maclnnes, 1953, is a synonym of Austrolagomys. Austrolagomys was geographically widespread, having been recorded from Namibia, Kenya, Morocco, Libya, Israel and possibly Uganda. Its age range spans the period ca 21 Ma to ca 14 Ma. Relationships to Eurasian Miocene lagomorphs are not clear, but affinities with the Oligocene Sinolagus - Bellatona group from China are possible, although in some features Austrolagomys resembles Albertona from Europe.