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Dinohippus leardi
Taxonomy
Pliohippus leardi was named by Drescher (1941). Its type locality is North Tejon Hills, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial horizon in the Chanac Formation of California.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pliohippus fairbanksi by MacFadden (1998); it was recombined as Dinohippus leardi by Whistler and Burbank (1992), Hulbert (1993) and Kelly (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pliohippus fairbanksi by MacFadden (1998); it was recombined as Dinohippus leardi by Whistler and Burbank (1992), Hulbert (1993) and Kelly (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1941 | Pliohippus leardi Drescher |
1955 | Pliohippus leardi Quinn p. 13 |
1992 | Dinohippus leardi Whistler and Burbank |
1993 | Dinohippus leardi Hulbert, Jr. |
1998 | Dinohippus leardi Kelly p. 20 |
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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.
†Dinohippus leardi Drescher 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available