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Colodon copei

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Mesohippus copei was named by Osborn and Wortman (1895) [also said to be 1894].

It was recombined as Miohippus copei by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Colodon copei by Osborn (1904), Osborn (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hodsimai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Mesohippus copei Osborn and Wortman
1902Miohippus copei Hay p. 614
1904Colodon copei Osborn p. 177
1918Colodon copei Osborn p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusColodon
speciescopei()

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.

†Colodon copei Osborn and Wortman 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available