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Merychippus isonesus tertius
Taxonomy
Merychippus isonesus tertius was named by Osborn (1918) [named as a subspecies of M. isonesus by Osborn 1918; raised to species level]. Its type specimen is AMNH 14180, a partial skeleton (Palate and complete series of grinding teeth, pLm3, lower jaws and parts of skeleton.), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Merychippus (Protohippus) tertius by Stirton (1940); it was recombined as Acritohippus tertius by Kelly (1995), Kelly (1998); it was recombined as Merychippus tertius by Hulbert and MacFadden (1991), MacFadden (1998).
It was recombined as Merychippus (Protohippus) tertius by Stirton (1940); it was recombined as Acritohippus tertius by Kelly (1995), Kelly (1998); it was recombined as Merychippus tertius by Hulbert and MacFadden (1991), MacFadden (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Merychippus isonesus tertius Osborn p. 105 figs. Plates 13.5,6, 14.3, 41.2, 46.2, 52.2. Text Fig. 80 |
| 1940 | Merychippus (Protohippus) tertius Stirton p. 181 |
| 1991 | Merychippus tertius Hulbert, Jr. and MacFadden p. 33 |
| 1995 | Acritohippus tertius Kelly p. 9 |
| 1998 | Acritohippus tertius Kelly |
| 1998 | Merychippus tertius MacFadden p. 547 |
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†Merychippus isonesus tertius Osborn 1918
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. F. Osborn 1918 | (Matthew, 1913, Osborn, 1918) (1) This type is slightly larger than the preceding. (2) Crochetuniting
with protoconule in half worn teeth, giving off a prominent internal fold, or pli caballin; (3) protocone a long oval, uniting by a strong interior spur with middle compression of protoconule crescent in half worn teeth; (4) prominent plications of the metaloph entering pre- and postfossettes; (5) rudiments of the second plication. (6) Limb bones as in M. isonesus secundus, but shafts more robust than in the preceding type; (7) shafts of lateral digits as in M. isonesus secundus; (8) ulna fused for a short distance with radius. This type is separable from M. isonesus secundus in the antero-posterior elongation of the protocone. It is a premutation which is closely united to the preceding but shows a slight advance in the pli caballin, in the early union of protoconule and crochet, and the somewhat greater anteroposterior elongation of the protocone. The referred specimen, Amer. Mus. 14183, a topotype, exhibits the manner in which all the enamel plications and folds disappear in much worn crowns. |
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: MacFadden 1998, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
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