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Eohippus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Eohippus Marsh p. 401
1902Eohippus Hay p. 608
1908Eohippus Granger
1913Eohippus Scott p. 290
1940Eohippus Stirton
1999Eohippus Froehlich
2002Eohippus Froehlich p. 159 fig. 1

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
genusEohippus

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. †Eohippus Marsh 1876
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Eohippus angustidens Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Eohippus validus Marsh 1876 [synonym], Hyracotherium cuspidatum Cope 1875 [synonym], Hyracotherium seekinsi Morris 1968 [synonym]
Eohippus borealis Granger 1908
Eohippus cristonensis Cope 1877
Eohippus resartus Granger 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available