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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) and 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) and Carroll (1988); to Equinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975) and 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) and 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) and Carroll (1988); to Equinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975) and MacFadden (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Anchitherium (Parahippus) Leidy p. 26 |
| 1869 | Parahippus Leidy p. 303 |
| 1904 | Parahippus Gidley p. 192 |
| 1907 | Parahippus Gidley p. 867 |
| 1907 | Parahippus Peterson p. 57 |
| 1913 | Parahippus Merriam p. 427 |
| 1913 | Parahippus Scott p. 290 |
| 1940 | Parahippus Stirton p. 177 |
| 1975 | Parahippus Forsten p. 13 |
| 1988 | Parahippus Carroll |
| 1989 | Parahippus Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
| 1998 | Parahippus MacFadden p. 546 |
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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.
Subg. †Anchitherium (Parahippus) Leidy 1858
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available