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Dinohippus osborni

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Pliohippus osborni was named by Frick (1921) [placed in subgenus Astrohippus by Stirton 1940b].

It was recombined as Pliohippus (Astrohippus) osborni by Stirton (1940); it was recombined as Hippotigris osborni by Quinn (1955); it was synonymized subjectively with Dinohippus leidyanus by Azzaroli (1988) and Kelly (1998); it was recombined as Dinohippus osborni by May and Repenning (1982), Kelly and Lander (1988) and MacFadden (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Pliohippus osborni Frick
1940Pliohippus (Astrohippus) osborni Stirton p. 192
1955Hippotigris osborni Quinn p. 46
1982Dinohippus osborni May and Repenning
1988Dinohippus osborni Kelly and Lander
1998Dinohippus osborni MacFadden p. 551

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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
genusDinohippus
speciesosborni()

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 osborni Frick 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available