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Anchitherium (Hypohippus)
Taxonomy
Anchitherium (Hypohippus) was named by Leidy (1858) [named as a subgenus of Anchitherium by Leidy 1858; raised to genus level]. Its type is Anchitherium (Hypohippus) affinis.
It was reranked as Hypohippus by Leidy (1869), Hay (1902), Gidley (1904), Gidley (1907), Scott (1913), Osborn (1918), Stirton (1940), Forsten (1975), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and MacFadden (1998).
It was assigned to Anchitherium by Leidy (1858); to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869); to Hyracotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Equidae by Gidley (1904), Scott (1913), Osborn (1918), Stirton (1940) and Carroll (1988); and to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and MacFadden (1998).
It was reranked as Hypohippus by Leidy (1869), Hay (1902), Gidley (1904), Gidley (1907), Scott (1913), Osborn (1918), Stirton (1940), Forsten (1975), Carroll (1988), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and MacFadden (1998).
It was assigned to Anchitherium by Leidy (1858); to Anchitheridae by Leidy (1869); to Hyracotheriinae by Hay (1902); to Equidae by Gidley (1904), Scott (1913), Osborn (1918), Stirton (1940) and Carroll (1988); and to Anchitheriinae by Gidley (1907), Forsten (1975), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and MacFadden (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Leidy p. 23 |
| 1869 | Hypohippus Leidy p. 303 |
| 1902 | Hypohippus Hay p. 615 |
| 1904 | Hypohippus Gidley p. 191 |
| 1907 | Hypohippus Gidley p. 867 |
| 1913 | Hypohippus (Drymohippus) Merriam p. 420 figs. 1 and 2 |
| 1913 | Hypohippus Scott p. 290 |
| 1918 | Hypohippus Osborn p. 203 |
| 1940 | Hypohippus Stirton p. 175 |
| 1975 | Hypohippus Forsten p. 12 |
| 1988 | Hypohippus Carroll |
| 1989 | Hypohippus Prothero and Schoch p. 531 |
| 1998 | Hypohippus MacFadden p. 545 |
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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.
Subg. †Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Leidy 1858
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections
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