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Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens was named by Osborn (1918). Its type specimen is AMNH 13018, a partial skeleton (Upper grinding teeth, pLm3, and hind foot), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens Osborn p. 83 figs. Plates 8.1, 9.1, 36.2,3. Text Fig. 58

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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
subfamilyAnchitheriinae()
genusParahippus()
speciescoloradensis
subspeciespraecurrens

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. F. Osborn 1918(Matthew 1913, Osborn 1918) (1) Size of Parahippus texanus, one-eighth smaller than P. nebrascensis. (2) Crochet absent on p2, strong on pLm3; (3) PI and probably pi relatively large, compressed, p1 with distinct heel; (4) metastylids imperfectly separated from metaconids. (5) Limbs and feet relatively slender, with (6) lateral metapodials greatly reduced.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:55:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available