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Plesippus francescana

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Pliohippus francescana was named by Frick (1921).

It was recombined as Equus francescana by Stirton (1940); it was synonymized subjectively with Equus simplicidens by Savage (1951) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was considered a nomen dubium by Winans (1989) and Kelly (1998); it was recombined as Plesippus francescana by Gazin (1936), Schultz (1936), Schultz (1937) and Albright (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Pliohippus francescana Frick
1936Plesippus francescana Gazin
1936Plesippus francescana Schultz
1937Plesippus francescana Schultz
1940Equus francescana Stirton p. 195
1999Plesippus francescana Albright

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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
genusPlesippus
speciesfrancescana()

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.

Plesippus francescana Frick 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available