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Protohippus perditus secundus
Taxonomy
Protohippus perditus secundus was named by Osborn (1918). Its type specimen is AMNH 8340, a partial skeleton (a series of upper grinding teeth of the right side, P2-M3, associated with pelvis, hind limb, and foot bones), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1918 | Protohippus perditus secundus Osborn p. 144 figs. Plate 22.1. Text Fig. 116, 116a |
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†Protohippus perditus secundus Osborn 1918
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. F. Osborn 1918 | (1) Molar-premolar series (text Fig. 116a) somewhat exceeding in length that of the type of P. perditus. (2) Hind limb elongate; (3) metatarsal III slender, elongate, laterally compressed. |