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Palaeosyops paludosus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosyops paludosus was named by Leidy (1870) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Church Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Limnohyus paludosus by Cope (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Palaeosyops fontinalis by Stucky (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Palaeosyops paludosus Leidy p. 113
1871Palaeosyops major Leidy p. 229
1871Palaeosyops minor Marsh p. 36
1871Canis montanus Marsh p. 123
1872Anchippodus minor Leidy
1872Limnohyus humilis Leidy
1872Palaeosyops humilis Leidy
1873Limnohyus paludosus Cope
1873Limnohyus laevidens Cope p. 1
1873Palaeosyops paludosus Leidy p. 28
1873Palaeosyops major Leidy p. 45
1873Limnohyus humilis Leidy p. 58
1878Palaeosyops paludosus Osborn and et al.
1884Palaeosyops laevidens Cope
1884Palaeosyops paludosus Cope
1891Palaeosyops paludosus Earle p. 110
1891Palaeosyops laevidens Earle p. 111
1891Palaeosyops minor Earle p. 112
1892Palaeosyops laevidens Earle
1892Palaeosyops longirostris Earle
1892Palaeosyops paludosus Earle
1893Palaeosyops paludosus Zittel
1895Palaeosyops paludosus Earle
1896Palaeosyops humilis Roger
1896Palaeosyops laevidens Roger
1896Palaeosyops paludosus Roger
1897Palaeosyops paludosus Matthew
1898Palaeosyops humilis Trouessart
1898Palaeosyops laevidens Trouessart
1898Palaeosyops paludosus Trouessart
1899Canis marshii Hay
1899Palaeosyops humilis Matthew
1899Palaeosyops paludosus Matthew
1902Palaeosyops humilis Hay p. 630
1902Palaeosyops laevidens Hay p. 630
1902Palaeosyops longirostris Hay p. 631
1902Palaeosyops paludosus Hay p. 631
1902Anchippodus minor Hay p. 717
1902Canis marshii Hay p. 776
1908Limnohyops matthewi Osborn
1908Limnohyops monoconus Osborn
1908Limnohyops priscus Osborn
1909Telmatherium marshii Matthew
1929Limnohyops laevidens Osborn
1929Palaeosyops longirostris Osborn
1929Palaeosyops major Osborn
1929Anchippodus minor Osborn p. 246
1953Trogosus minor Gazin p. 35 figs. Text figure 18
1976Palaeosyops major Gazin
1989Limnohyus laevidens Mader
1989Palaeosyops priscus Mader
1998Palaeosyops paludosus Mader
2000Palaeosyops laevidens Gunnell and Yarborough
2000Palaeosyops paludosus Gunnell and Yarborough
2010Palaeosyops paludosus Mader

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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()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyPalaeosyopinaeSteinmann and Döderlein 1890
genusPalaeosyops
speciespaludosus

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.

Palaeosyops paludosus Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Canis marshii Hay 1899 [synonym], Limnohyops matthewi Osborn 1908 [synonym], Palaeosyops humilis Leidy 1872 [synonym], Palaeosyops laevidens Cope 1873 [synonym], Palaeosyops longirostris Earle 1892 [synonym], Palaeosyops major Leidy 1871 [synonym], Palaeosyops minor Marsh 1871 [synonym], Palaeosyops minor Earle 1891 [synonym], Palaeosyops priscus Osborn 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available