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Plesippus idahoensis
Taxonomy
Equus idahoensis was named by Merriam (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Froman Ferry (UCMP 3036), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.
It was synonymized subjectively with Equus simplicidens by Savage (1951), Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was considered a nomen dubium by Winans (1985); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kelly (1994); it was recombined as Plesippus idahoensis by Schultz (1936), Shotwell (1970), Repenning et al. (1995), Albright (1999), Barrón-Ortiz et al. (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Equus simplicidens by Savage (1951), Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was considered a nomen dubium by Winans (1985); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kelly (1994); it was recombined as Plesippus idahoensis by Schultz (1936), Shotwell (1970), Repenning et al. (1995), Albright (1999), Barrón-Ortiz et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Equus idahoensis Merriam |
| 1936 | Plesippus idahoensis Schultz |
| 1940 | Equus idahoensis Stirton p. 195 |
| 1970 | Plesippus idahoensis Shotwell |
| 1982 | Equus idahoensis Azzaroli |
| 1993 | Equus idahoensis Azzaroli and Voorhies |
| 1994 | Equus idahoensis Downs and Miller |
| 1995 | Plesippus idahoensis Repenning et al. |
| 1997 | Equus idahoensis Kelly |
| 1999 | Plesippus idahoensis Albright |
| 2019 | Plesippus idahoensis Barrón-Ortiz et al. p. 9 |
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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.
†Plesippus idahoensis Merriam 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available