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Anchitheridae (anchitheriine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Anchitheridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Anchitheridae Leidy p. 302
1873Anchitherium australis Leidy
1873Anchitherium australe Leidy p. 250
1873Anchitheridae Leidy p. 322
1892Anchitheriinae Osborn and Wortman p. 93
1895Anchitheriinae Osborn and Wortman p. 352
1896Mesohippus australis Roger
1898Mesohippus australis Trouessart
1902Miohippus australis Hay p. 613
1904Hypohippus australis Osborn p. 168
1907Anchitheriinae Gidley p. 867
1918Parahippus australis Osborn p. 85 fig. 60
1930Parahippus australis Hay
1937Parahippus australis Schlaikjer p. 271
1940Anchitherium australis Stirton p. 174
1955Anchitheriinae Quinn p. 12
1975Anchitheriinae Forsten p. 3
1989Anchitheriinae Prothero and Schoch p. 531
1996Anchitheriinae Prado and Alberdi p. 676
1998Kalobatippus australis MacFadden
1998Anchitheriinae MacFadden p. 544

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
suborderSolidungula(Cuvier)
familyAnchitheridae
familyAnchitheridae

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.

Fm. †Anchitheridae Leidy 1869 [anchitheriine horse]
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G. †Limnohyus Leidy 1872
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Gidley 1907Teethbrachyodoiat; molariformpremolarsthree; digit formula 3-3; 5th digit on fore foot vestigial; 1st digit of fore foot not represented inknownforms; lateraltoes,sofarasknoSwn,reachingtheground; orbit not closed behind.