Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Archaeohippus ultimus

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Anchitherium ultimum was named by Cope (1886).

It was recombined as Miohippus ultimus by Roger (1896), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Equidae by Osborn (1904); it was recombined as Parahippus ultimus by Hay (1930), Matthew (1932); it was recombined as Archaeohippus ultimus by Gidley (1906), Gidley (1907), Matthew (1932), Bode (1934), Bode (1935), Stirton (1940), Quinn (1955), MacFadden (1998), O'Sullivan (2003).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Anchitherium ultimum Cope p. 357
1896Miohippus ultimus Roger
1898Miohippus ultimus Trouessart
1902Miohippus ultimus Hay p. 614
1906Archaeohippus ultimus Gidley p. 385
1907Archaeohippus ultimus Gidley p. 902
1930Parahippus ultimus Hay
1932Archaeohippus ultimus Matthew
1932Parahippus ultimus Matthew
1934Archaeohippus ultimus Bode
1935Archaeohippus ultimus Bode
1940Archaeohippus ultimus Stirton p. 176
1955Archaeohippus ultimus Quinn
1998Archaeohippus ultimus MacFadden p. 546
2003Archaeohippus ultimus O'Sullivan

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyAnchitheriinae()
genusArchaeohippus
speciesultimus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Archaeohippus ultimus Cope 1886
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available