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Anchitherium
Taxonomy
Anchitherium was named by von Meyer (1844) [type European A. ezquerrae].
It was synonymized subjectively with Proterotherium by de Blanchini and Blanchini (1971).
It was assigned to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869) and Leidy (1873); to Palaeotheriinae by Cope (1881); to Perissodactyla by Douglass (1899); to Hyracotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and MacFadden (1998); and to Equidae by von Meyer (1844), Scott (1913), Stirton (1940), Carroll (1988) and MacFadden (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Proterotherium by de Blanchini and Blanchini (1971).
It was assigned to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869) and Leidy (1873); to Palaeotheriinae by Cope (1881); to Perissodactyla by Douglass (1899); to Hyracotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and MacFadden (1998); and to Equidae by von Meyer (1844), Scott (1913), Stirton (1940), Carroll (1988) and MacFadden (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Anchitherium von Meyer |
| 1869 | Anchitherium Leidy p. 302 |
| 1873 | Anchitherium Leidy p. 322 |
| 1881 | Anchitherium Cope p. 399 |
| 1899 | Achitherium Douglass p. 26 |
| 1902 | Anchitherium Hay p. 614 |
| 1907 | Anchitherium Gidley p. 867 |
| 1913 | Anchitherium Scott p. 290 |
| 1940 | Anchitherium Stirton p. 174 |
| 1975 | Anchitherium Forsten p. 9 |
| 1988 | Anchitherium Carroll |
| 1989 | Anchitherium Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
| 1998 | Anchitherium MacFadden p. 544 |
| 2009 | Anchitherium MacFadden |
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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. †Anchitherium von Meyer 1844
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Subg. †Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Leidy 1858
Subg. †Anchitherium (Parahippus) Leidy 1858
†Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
†Anchitherium clarencei Simpson 1932
†Anchitherium hypohippoides Matsumoto 1924
†Anchitherium navasotae Hay 1924
†Anchitherium zitteli Schlosser 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available