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Moropus merriami

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Moropus merriami was named by Holland and Peterson (1913).

It was recombined as Macrotherium merriami by Matthew (1929) and Stirton (1939); it was recombined as Chalicotherium merriami by von Koenigswald (1932).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-04-22; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Moropus merriami Holland and Peterson p. 234
1929Macrotherium merriami Matthew p. 519
1932Chalicotherium merriami von Koenigswald p. 22
1935Moropus merriami Colbert p. 13
1939Macrotherium merriami Stirton p. 629
1978Moropus merriami Coombs p. 11
1998Moropus merriami Coombs p. 564
2004Moropus merriami Coombs p. 193

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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()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
genusMoropus
speciesmerriami

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.

Moropus merriami Holland and Peterson 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available