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Moropus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Moropus Marsh
1902Moropus Hay p. 691
1907Moropus Peterson
1913Moropus Holland and Peterson p. 206
1913Moropus Scott p. 291
1935Moropus Colbert p. 13
1968Moropus Skinner
1978Moropus Coombs
1988Moropus Carroll
1989Moropus Prothero and Schoch p. 533
1998Moropus Coombs
1999Moropus Holbrook p. 346
2007Moropus Geraads et al. p. 464

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
genusMoropus

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. †Moropus Marsh 1877
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†Moropus betpakdalensis Flerov 1938
†Moropus distans Marsh 1877
†Moropus elatus Marsh 1877
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Invalid names: Moropus cooki Barbour 1908 [synonym], Moropus parvus Barbour 1909 [synonym], Moropus petersoni Holland 1908 [synonym]
†Moropus hollandi Peterson 1913
†Moropus matthewi Holland and Peterson 1913
†Moropus maximus Holland and Peterson 1914
†Moropus merriami Holland and Peterson 1913
†Moropus oregonensis Leidy 1873
†Moropus senex Marsh 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Coombs 1998

Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 24.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (17472)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) M. sp. (93080)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) M. sp. (17764)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Oregon) M. oregonensis (19037)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) M. elatus (17741 17744 17766 17805 17809) M. sp. (17789 17819 28043)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) M. hollandi (17777 17793) M. sp. (17796 17853)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) M. sp. (18663)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Chalicotheriidae indet. (18922)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) M. oregonensis (18590) M. sp. (18575)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Colorado) M. elatus (18902)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) M. oregonensis (167866) M. sp. (170310)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) M. sp. (17912)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) M. oregonensis (17958) M. sp. (212622)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) M. sp. (18961)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) M. sp. (19478)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Chalicotheriidae indet. (19088) Macrotherium merriami (19103)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) M. sp. (19092)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) M. merriami (17955) M. sp. (17905 17985)