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Duchesnehippus intermedius

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) intermedius was named by Peterson (1932) [type of subgenus Duchesnehippus; sometimes falsely attributed to Scott 1945]. Its type specimen is CMNH 11845, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Halfway Hollow (Dry Gulch Creek Member), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Duchesne River Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Epihippus intermedius by Bjork (1967), Hanson (1996) and MacFadden (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Epihippus uintensis by MacFadden (1980); it was recombined as Duchesnehippus intermedius by Rasmussen et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) intermedius Peterson p. 66 fig. 4
1940Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) intermedius Stirton p. 169
1945Epihippus (Duchesnehippus) intermedius Scott p. 212
1967Epihippus intermedius Bjork p. 230
1996Epihippus intermedius Hanson p. 226
1998Epihippus intermedius MacFadden p. 543
1999Duchesnehippus intermedius Rasmussen et al. p. 424

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
genusDuchesnehippus()
speciesintermedius()

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.

Duchesnehippus intermedius Peterson 1932
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Diagnosis
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