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Equus fraternus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus fraternus was named by Leidy (1858) [made type of subgenus Tomolabis by Cope 1892 - no, Tomolabis was originally a distinct genus, not a subgenus. Corrected in taxonomic list.].

It was recombined as Tomolabis fraternus by Cope (1892); it was synonymized subjectively with Equus complicatus by Allen (1926), Hay (1930) and Savage (1951); it was recombined as Onager fraternus by Quinn (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Equus fraternus Leidy p. 11
1860Equus fraternus Leidy p. 100
1892Tomolabis fraternus Cope p. 125f
1895Equus fraternus Cope p. 467
1901Equus fraternus Gidley p. 109
1902Equus fraternus Hay p. 623
1913Equus fraternus Hay p. 569
1940Equus fraternus Sellards
1957Onager fraternus Quinn p. 20
1972Equus fraternus Lundelius, Jr.
1980Equus fraternus Kurten and Anderson p. 290
1989Equus fraternus Hulbert, Jr. and Morgan
1995Equus fraternus Hulbert, Jr.

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusEquus
speciesfraternus

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 fraternus Leidy 1858
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Diagnosis
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