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Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus
Taxonomy
Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus was named by Lance (1950). Its type specimen is CIT 3697, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yepomera, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
It was recombined as Asinus mexicanus by Quinn (1955); it was recombined as Pliohippus mexicanus by Webb (1969); it was recombined as Dinohippus mexicanus by May and Repenning (1982), MacFadden (1984), MacFadden (1986), Morgan (1994), MacFadden (1998) and Kelly (1998).
It was recombined as Asinus mexicanus by Quinn (1955); it was recombined as Pliohippus mexicanus by Webb (1969); it was recombined as Dinohippus mexicanus by May and Repenning (1982), MacFadden (1984), MacFadden (1986), Morgan (1994), MacFadden (1998) and Kelly (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1950 | Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus Lance p. 35 figs. 4 - 10 |
1955 | Asinus mexicanus Quinn p. 52 |
1958 | Hippotigris ocotensis Mooser p. 360 fig. 1 |
1964 | Protohippus muelleri Mooser p. 157 figs. 1, 2 |
1969 | Pliohippus mexicanus Webb p. 88 |
1973 | Dinohippus muelleri Mooser |
1973 | Equus (Dolichohippus) mesamexicanus Mooser p. 261 figs. 7 - 12 |
1980 | Dinohippus ocotensis Dalquest and Mooser p. 8 |
1982 | Dinohippus mexicanus May and Repenning |
1984 | Dinohippus mexicanus MacFadden p. 280 |
1986 | Dinohippus mexicanus MacFadden p. 468 |
1994 | Dinohippus mexicanus Morgan p. 245 |
1998 | Dinohippus mexicanus Kelly |
1998 | Dinohippus mexicanus MacFadden p. 551 |
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†Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus Lance 1950
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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B. J. MacFadden 1984 | The following is translated and para- phrased from Lance (1950:35-36): Size similar to Pliohippus osborni and "Pliohippus" interpolatus. The upper cheek teeth have slightly to moderately curved crowns, similar to Pliohippus osborni and less than Pliohippus interpolatus. The protocone is usually large and elongated, with a well developed anterior projec- tion; the lingual flexid varies from weak to pronounced, similar to species of Plesippus. The styles are moder- ately or strongly developed. The fossettes are crescent- shaped ("half-moon"), more so than in Pliohippus osborni. The fossette plications are moderately devel- oped in early wear stages. The postprotoconal valley is deep; the pli caballin can either be present or absent. The lower cheek teeth have rounded metaconids and rounded or angular metastylids. The metaconids and metastylids remain well separated until late wear stages; the linguaflexid is V-shaped. The protoconids and hy- poconids are flattened [relative to e.g., primitive plio- hippines]. A pli caballinid is sometimes present during early wear stages. The stylids [particularly the proto- stylid] vary from present to absent.
In addition, based on the present reappraisal of this species, D. mexicanus is characterized by a moderately developed nasomaxillary ("lacrimal" ofsome workers) fossa and no malar fossa. |