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Protomoropus gabuniai
Taxonomy
Hyracotherium gabuniai was named by Hooker and Dashzeveg (2004). Its type specimen is PSS.20-55, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protomoropus.
It was recombined as Orientolophus gabuniai by Ting (1993) and Ting (1998); it was recombined as Protomoropus gabuniai by Hooker and Dashzeveg (2004).
It was recombined as Orientolophus gabuniai by Ting (1993) and Ting (1998); it was recombined as Protomoropus gabuniai by Hooker and Dashzeveg (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Hyracotherium gabuniai Dashzeveg p. 109 fig. 1 |
| 1993 | Orientolophus gabuniai Ting p. 205 |
| 1998 | Orientolophus gabuniai Ting p. 140 |
| 2004 | Hyracotherium gabuniai Hooker and Dashzeveg p. 109 fig. 1 |
| 2004 | Protomoropus gabuniai Hooker and Dashzeveg pp. 1365-1371 figs. 1-4 |
| 2004 | Hyracotherium gabuniai Lucas and Kondrashov p. 218 figs. 1A-D, 2C-D |
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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.
†Protomoropus gabuniai Hooker and Dashzeveg 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. G. Lucas and P. E. Kondrashov 2004 | Small Hyracotherium that differs from the European species in the square shape of the upper molars and more lophodont teeth. Differs from H. angustidens and H. vasacciense from the Wasatchian of North America in being smaller. |