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Equus excelsus
Taxonomy
Equus excelsus was named by Leidy (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
It was synonymized subjectively with Equus occidentalis by Leidy (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Equus complicatus by Gidley (1901); it was recombined as Allozebra excelsus by Trumler (1961).
It was synonymized subjectively with Equus occidentalis by Leidy (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Equus complicatus by Gidley (1901); it was recombined as Allozebra excelsus by Trumler (1961).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Equus excelsus Leidy p. 26 |
| 1880 | Equus excelsus Leidy |
| 1893 | Equus excelsus Cope p. 80 |
| 1902 | Equus excelsus Hay p. 623 |
| 1935 | Equus excelsus Schultz and Howard p. 285 |
| 1959 | Asinus aguascalentensis Mooser |
| 1959 | Onager arellanoi Mooser |
| 1959 | Onager hibbardi Mooser |
| 1961 | Allozebra excelsus Trumler |
| 1966 | Equus aguascalientensis Azzaroli |
| 1975 | Equus excelsus Mooser and Dalquest |
| 1980 | Equus excelsus Kurten and Anderson p. 291 |
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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.
†Equus excelsus Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Asinus aguascalentensis Mooser 1959 [synonym], Onager arellanoi Mooser 1959 [synonym], Onager hibbardi Mooser 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available