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Plesippus
Taxonomy
Plesippus was named by Matthew (1924).
It was synonymized subjectively with Equus by Stirton (1940), Hibbard and Riggs (1949), Lance (1950), Hibbard (1951), Shotwell (1961), Skinner (1972), Skinner et al. (1972), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Galusha et al. (1984), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Winans (1989), Schultz (1990), Kelly (1995), Kelly (1997) and MacFadden (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Hippotigris by McGrew (1944) and Mooser (1958); it was reranked as Equus (Plesippus) by Howe (1970) and Forsten and Eisenmann (1995); it was synonymized subjectively with Equus (Dolichohippus) by MacFadden and Waldrop (1980).
It was assigned to Equus by Howe (1970) and Forsten and Eisenmann (1995); and to Equini by Barrón-Ortiz et al. (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Equus by Stirton (1940), Hibbard and Riggs (1949), Lance (1950), Hibbard (1951), Shotwell (1961), Skinner (1972), Skinner et al. (1972), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Galusha et al. (1984), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Winans (1989), Schultz (1990), Kelly (1995), Kelly (1997) and MacFadden (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Hippotigris by McGrew (1944) and Mooser (1958); it was reranked as Equus (Plesippus) by Howe (1970) and Forsten and Eisenmann (1995); it was synonymized subjectively with Equus (Dolichohippus) by MacFadden and Waldrop (1980).
It was assigned to Equus by Howe (1970) and Forsten and Eisenmann (1995); and to Equini by Barrón-Ortiz et al. (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Plesippus Matthew p. 2 |
| 1930 | Plesippus Gidley |
| 1965 | Plesippus Hibbard and et al. |
| 1970 | Equus (Plesippus) Howe |
| 1970 | Plesippus Shotwell |
| 1995 | Equus (Plesippus) Forsten and Eisenmann p. 88 |
| 1995 | Plesippus Repenning et al. |
| 2019 | Plesippus Barrón-Ortiz et al. p. 9 |
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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.
G. †Plesippus Matthew 1924
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†Equus (Plesippus) crenidens Cope 1884
†Plesippus francescana Frick 1921
†Plesippus idahoensis Merriam 1918
†Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892
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Invalid names: Equus achates Hay and Cook 1930 [synonym], Equus pons Quinn 1958 [synonym], Equus shoshonensis Gidley 1930 [synonym], Equus tau Owen 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available