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Moropus
Taxonomy
Moropus was named by Marsh (1877). Its type is Moropus distans. It is the type genus of Moropodinae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Macrotherium by Osborn (1893).
It was assigned to Moropodidae by Marsh (1877); to Moropodinae by Holland and Peterson (1913); to Schizotherini by Colbert (1935); to Chalicotheriidae by Marsh (1877), Hay (1902), Peterson (1907), Scott (1913), Skinner (1968), Coombs (1978), Carroll (1988), Coombs (1998) and Holbrook (1999); and to Schizotheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Geraads et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Macrotherium by Osborn (1893).
It was assigned to Moropodidae by Marsh (1877); to Moropodinae by Holland and Peterson (1913); to Schizotherini by Colbert (1935); to Chalicotheriidae by Marsh (1877), Hay (1902), Peterson (1907), Scott (1913), Skinner (1968), Coombs (1978), Carroll (1988), Coombs (1998) and Holbrook (1999); and to Schizotheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Geraads et al. (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1877 | Moropus Marsh |
| 1902 | Moropus Hay p. 691 |
| 1907 | Moropus Peterson |
| 1913 | Moropus Holland and Peterson p. 206 |
| 1913 | Moropus Scott p. 291 |
| 1935 | Moropus Colbert p. 13 |
| 1968 | Moropus Skinner |
| 1978 | Moropus Coombs |
| 1988 | Moropus Carroll |
| 1989 | Moropus Prothero and Schoch p. 533 |
| 1998 | Moropus Coombs |
| 1999 | Moropus Holbrook p. 346 |
| 2007 | Moropus Geraads et al. p. 464 |
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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. †Moropus Marsh 1877
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†Moropus betpakdalensis Flerov 1938
†Moropus distans Marsh 1877
†Moropus elatus Marsh 1877
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Invalid names: Moropus cooki Barbour 1908 [synonym], Moropus parvus Barbour 1909 [synonym], Moropus petersoni Holland 1908 [synonym]
†Moropus hollandi Peterson 1913
†Moropus matthewi Holland and Peterson 1913
†Moropus maximus Holland and Peterson 1914
†Moropus merriami Holland and Peterson 1913
†Moropus oregonensis Leidy 1873
†Moropus senex Marsh 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Coombs 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 24.80000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arikareean | USA (Wyoming) | M. sp. (17472) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | M. sp. (93080) | |
| Chattian | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (17764) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Oregon) | M. oregonensis (19037) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | M. elatus (17741 17744 17766 17805 17809) M. sp. (17789 17819 28043) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | M. hollandi (17777 17793) M. sp. (17796 17853) | |
| Aquitanian | USA (Texas) | M. sp. (18663) | |
| Miocene | USA (Florida) | M. oregonensis (18590) M. sp. (18575) | |
| Miocene | USA (Nevada) | Chalicotheriidae indet. (18922) | |
| Miocene | USA (Colorado) | M. elatus (18902) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Oregon) | M. oregonensis (167866) M. sp. (170310) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Oregon) | M. oregonensis (17958) M. sp. (212622) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (18961) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | M. sp. (17912) | |
| Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | M. sp. (19478) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | Chalicotheriidae indet. (19088) Macrotherium merriami (19103) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Oregon) | M. sp. (19092) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | M. merriami (17955) M. sp. (17905 17985) |