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Epihippus (Duchesnehippus)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) was named by Peterson (1932) [Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) intermedius in figure caption; "That Epihippus intermedius may represent a distinct genus is entirely probable. When more satisfactorily detenpined this new genus may be called Duchesnehippus." named as a subgenus of Epihippus by Peterson 1931; later raised to genus level].

It was synonymized subjectively with Epihippus by MacFadden (1998); it was reranked as Duchesnehippus by Rasmussen et al. (1999).

It was assigned to Epihippus by Peterson (1932), Stirton (1940) and Scott (1945); and to Equidae by Rasmussen et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) Peterson p. 68 fig. 4
1940Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) Stirton p. 169
1945Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) Scott p. 212
1999Duchesnehippus Rasmussen et al. p. 424

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
genusEpihippus
subgenusDuchesnehippus

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.

Subg. †Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) Peterson 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:55:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available