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Anchitherium (Parahippus)
Taxonomy
Anchitherium (Parahippus) was named by Leidy (1858) [named as a subgenus of Anchitherium by Leidy 1858; raised to genus level]. Its type is Anchitherium (Parahippus) cognatus.
It was reranked as Parahippus by Leidy (1869), Gidley (1904), Peterson (1907), Gidley (1907), Scott (1913), Merriam (1913), Stirton (1940), Forsten (1975), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), MacFadden (1998).
It was assigned to Anchitherium by Leidy (1858); to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869); to Equidae by Gidley (1904), Peterson (1907), Scott (1913), Merriam (1913), Stirton (1940), Carroll (1988); to Equinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), MacFadden (1998).
It was reranked as Parahippus by Leidy (1869), Gidley (1904), Peterson (1907), Gidley (1907), Scott (1913), Merriam (1913), Stirton (1940), Forsten (1975), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989), MacFadden (1998).
It was assigned to Anchitherium by Leidy (1858); to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869); to Equidae by Gidley (1904), Peterson (1907), Scott (1913), Merriam (1913), Stirton (1940), Carroll (1988); to Equinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), MacFadden (1998).