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Merychippus brevidontus

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Merychippus brevidontus was named by Bode (1935). Its type locality is North Coalinga, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Merychippus (Merychippus) brevidontus by Stirton (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Merychippus brevidontus Bode
1940Merychippus (Merychippus) brevidontus Stirton p. 181
1956Merychippus brevidontus Downs p. 284
1998Merychippus brevidontus MacFadden p. 547

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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
subfamilyEquinae
genusMerychippus
speciesbrevidontus

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.

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Diagnosis
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