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Anchitherium
Taxonomy
Anchitherium was named by von Meyer (1844) [type European A. ezquerrae].
It was synonymized subjectively with Proterotherium by de Blanchini and Blanchini (1971).
It was assigned to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869), Leidy (1873); to Palaeotheriinae by Cope (1881); to Perissodactyla by Douglass (1899); to Hyracotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), Prothero and Schoch (1989), MacFadden (1998); and to Equidae by von Meyer (1844), Scott (1913), Stirton (1940), Carroll (1988), MacFadden (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Proterotherium by de Blanchini and Blanchini (1971).
It was assigned to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869), Leidy (1873); to Palaeotheriinae by Cope (1881); to Perissodactyla by Douglass (1899); to Hyracotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), Prothero and Schoch (1989), MacFadden (1998); and to Equidae by von Meyer (1844), Scott (1913), Stirton (1940), Carroll (1988), MacFadden (2009).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Anchitherium von Meyer |
| 1869 | Anchitherium Leidy p. 302 |
| 1873 | Anchitherium Leidy p. 322 |
| 1881 | Anchitherium Cope p. 399 |
| 1899 | Achitherium Douglass p. 26 |
| 1902 | Anchitherium Hay p. 614 |
| 1907 | Anchitherium Gidley p. 867 |
| 1913 | Anchitherium Scott p. 290 |
| 1940 | Anchitherium Stirton p. 174 |
| 1975 | Anchitherium Forsten p. 9 |
| 1988 | Anchitherium Carroll |
| 1989 | Anchitherium Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
| 1998 | Anchitherium MacFadden p. 544 |
| 2009 | Anchitherium MacFadden |
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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.
G. †Anchitherium von Meyer 1844
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Subg. †Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Leidy 1858
Subg. †Anchitherium (Parahippus) Leidy 1858
†Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
†Anchitherium clarencei Simpson 1932
†Anchitherium hypohippoides Matsumoto 1924
†Anchitherium navasotae Hay 1924
†Anchitherium zitteli Schlosser 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (86 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian | USA (North Carolina) | A. sp. (71651) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany | A. aurelianense (70338 70360 70361) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | A. aurelianense (136269) | |
| Miocene | Serbia (Serbia) | A. aurelianense (39715) | |
| Neogene | Ukraine | A. sp. (184130) | |
| Burdigalian | Spain (Toledo) | A. sp. (40721) | |
| Burdigalian | Greece | A. aurelianense (68032) | |
| Burdigalian | Serbia (Serbia) | A. aurelianense (39714) | |
| Burdigalian | Spain (Zaragoza) | A. sp. (40716) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | A. aurelianense (69098) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | A. sp. (18579) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | A. sp. (43400) | |
| Burdigalian | Spain (Valencia) | A. aurelianense (40031) | |
| Burdigalian - Tortonian | France | A. aurelianense (187579 187580) | |
| Orleanian | France | A. aurelianense (142146) | |
| Orleanian | Spain (Madrid) | A. aurelianense (40747) | |
| MN 3 - MN 5 | France | A. aurelianense (94801 191822 191827) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | Panama | A. clarencei (89444) A. sp. (18725) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (California) | Kalobatippus clarencei (167840) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (17881) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | Panama (Panama City) | A. clarencei (144879) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | A. agatensis (17912) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | A. clarencei (18561 18586 18597) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Texas) | A. navasotae (18635) Miohippus navasotae (18626) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | A. sp. (17965) | |
| MN 4 | France (Alsac) | A. aurelianense (69106) | |
| MN 4 | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | A. aurelianense (71873) | |
| MN 4 | France (Centre) | A. aurelianense (69116) | |
| MN 4 - MN 5 | Spain | A. ezquerrae (70805) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Texas) | A. navasotae (18654) Miohippus navasotae (18646) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (17976) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Florida) | A. clarencei (18549) | |
| Langhian | France (Aquitaine Region) | A. aurelianense (31316 31326) | |
| Langhian | France | A. aurelianense (90354 148401) | |
| Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | A. sp. (180192) | |
| Langhian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | A. aurelianense (148396) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | A. aurelianense (45599 45612) | |
| MN 5 | France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) | A. aurelianense (32071 32072) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | A. aurelianense (46955) | |
| MN 5 | Switzerland (Zürich) | A. aurelianense (46225) A. aurelianensis (46227) | |
| MN 5 | Türkiye (Bursa) | A. sp. (68547) | |
| MN 5 - MN 6 | Portugal | A. aurelianensis (65912) | |
| Astaracian | China (Hubei) | A. aurelianense (42248) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | A. aurelianense (32191) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | A. aurelianense (42588 42595 42596) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Spain | A. sp. (187347) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | A. aurelianense (190754) | |
| Middle Miocene | Austria (Carinthia) | A. aurelianese (34606) | |
| Middle Miocene | Spain (Madrid) | A. alberdiae (197673) A. alberdiae, A. sp. (197674) A. sp. (197672) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | A. aurelianense (142149) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) | A. aurelianense (31775 31776) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | A. gobiensis (28781) | |
| MN 6 | Portugal (Santarém) | A. aurelianense (38137) | |
| MN 6 | Russian Federation (Stavropol) | A. sp., A. aurelianense (56738) | |
| MN 6 | China (Gansu) | A. gobiensis (71105) | |
| Serravallian | China (Xinjiang) | A. sp. (42246) | |
| Serravallian | Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) | A. sp. (60263) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | A. aurelianense (54136) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Thurgau) | A. sp. (46277) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Spain | A. hippoides (70806) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Baselland) | A. aurelianense (49421) | |
| Tortonian | Austria (Niederösterreich) | Hipparion sp. (45043) | |
| Tortonian | Serbia (Serbia) | A. aurelianense (39709) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Jiangsu) | A. aurelianense (36370) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Anchitheriinae indet. (28784) | |
| Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Anchitheriinae indet. (28785) |