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Eomorphippus obscurus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Eomorphippus obscurus was named by Ameghino (1901). Its type specimen is MACN 10917, two left and one upper right molars, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina. It is the type species of Eomorphippus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Eomorphippus obscurus Ameghino p. 377
1901Pseudostylops subquadratus Ameghino p. 399
1902Pleurystomus stehlini Ameghino p. 14
1902Eurystomus stehlini Roth
1902Lonkus rugei Roth p. 256
1967Eomorphippus obscurus Simpson
1993Eomorphippus obscurus Bond and López p. 66
2010Eomorphippus obscurus López et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
Eutoxodontia
genusEomorphippus
speciesobscurus

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.

Eomorphippus obscurus Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Eurystomus stehlini Roth 1902 [synonym], Lonkus rugei Roth 1902 [synonym], Pseudostylops subquadratus Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available