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Mesohippus barbouri
Taxonomy
Mesohippus barbouri was named by Schlaikjer (1931). Its type specimen is MCZ 17641, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Mesohippus barbouri Schlaikjer p. 36 |
| 1935 | Mesohippus barbouri Schlaikjer |
| 1940 | Mesohippus barbouri Stirton p. 170 |
| 1989 | Mesohippus barbouri Prothero and Shubin p. 152 figs. Fig. 10.6 |
| 1998 | Mesohippus barbouri MacFadden p. 543 |
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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.
†Mesohippus barbouri Schlaikjer 1931
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. R. Prothero and N. Shubin 1989 | M1·3 length: 34- 36 mm . Metaconules reduced. No lingual cingula. Unusually short rostrum and pinched diastema, causing a flaring symphysis . Upper incisors circular and deeply cupped . Humerus and femur relatively short with respect to metapodial length . |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available