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Parahippus agrestis
Taxonomy
Anchitherium agreste was named by Leidy (1873). Its type specimen is USNM 5393, a mandible (Lower jaw fragments containing lower last premolar and first molar of the left side, also last molar from the same specimen as the former), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Mesohippus agrestis by Roger (1896) and Trouessart (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Anchippus texanus by Matthew (1899); it was recombined as Miohippus agrestis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Archaeohippus agreste by Sellards (1916); it was considered a nomen dubium by Macdonald (1992); it was recombined as Parahippus agrestis by Osborn (1904), Osborn (1918), Schlaikjer (1937), Stirton (1940) and MacFadden (1998).
It was recombined as Mesohippus agrestis by Roger (1896) and Trouessart (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Anchippus texanus by Matthew (1899); it was recombined as Miohippus agrestis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Archaeohippus agreste by Sellards (1916); it was considered a nomen dubium by Macdonald (1992); it was recombined as Parahippus agrestis by Osborn (1904), Osborn (1918), Schlaikjer (1937), Stirton (1940) and MacFadden (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Anchitherium agreste Leidy p. 251 |
| 1896 | Mesohippus agrestis Roger |
| 1898 | Mesohippus agrestis Trouessart |
| 1902 | Miohippus agrestis Hay p. 613 |
| 1904 | Parahippus agrestis Osborn p. 168 |
| 1916 | Archaeohippus agreste Sellards p. 86 |
| 1918 | Parahippus agrestis Osborn p. 86 fig. 63 |
| 1937 | Parahippus agrestis Schlaikjer p. 271 |
| 1940 | Parahippus agrestis Stirton p. 177 |
| 1998 | Parahippus agrestis MacFadden p. 546 |
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†Parahippus agrestis Leidy 1873
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. F. Osborn 1918 | (Leidy, 1873) (1) Approaching in size the A. aureliense (2) identical in form with Mesohippus (A.) bairdii and A. aureliense (3) nearly according in size with Miohippus (A.) condoni. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available