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Parahippus nebrascensis primus
Taxonomy
Parahippus nebrascensis primus was named by Osborn (1918). Its type specimen is AMNH 13770, a skull (Skull and jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Parahippus nebrascensis primus Osborn p. 80 figs. Plates 6.6,7, 8.2, 9.9. Text Fig. 57 |
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†Parahippus nebrascensis primus Osborn 1918
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. F. Osborn 1918 | (Matthew, 1913, Osborn 1918) (1) Distinctions in cranial and dental proportions from type of P. nebrascensis are partly due to crushing of the latter type. (2) A distinct crochet on p2-"3 absent in P. nebr(Ucensis type; (3) anteroposterior diameters of grinding teeth throughout equalling or exceeding those of P. nebr(Ucensis type; (4) trans- verse diameters of grinding teeth, especially of the molars, greater throughout: (5) Orbit farther back, anterior border
above middle of m3 while in P. nebrascensis it is above anterior end of m3; (6) diastema behind canine somewhat shorter. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
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