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Eomoropus amarorum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Triplopus amarorum was named by Cope (1881) [definitely not original combination]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eomoropus amarorum by Osborn (1913), Colbert (1935), Radinsky (1964), Lucas and Schoch (1989), McCarroll et al. (1996) and Coombs (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Triplopus amarorum Cope
1902Triplopus amarorum Hay p. 640
1913Eomoropus amarorum Osborn p. 266 figs. 1, 2, 3A, 4, 5A, 6, 7A, 8
1919Eomoropus annectens Peterson p. 139
1935Eomoropus amarorum Colbert p. 11
1935Eomoropus annectens Colbert p. 11
1964Eomoropus amarorum Radinsky
1989Eomoropus amarorum Lucas and Schoch
1996Eomoropus amarorum McCarroll et al.
1998Eomoropus amarorum Coombs

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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()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
genusEomoropus
speciesamarorum()

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.

Eomoropus amarorum Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Eomoropus annectens Peterson 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. F. Osborn 1913Inferior grinding teeth, p2-m3=86mm. p2 with rudimentary paraconid and hypoconid but without metastylid. Hypoconid well developed on p3, p4 with rudiment of metastylid, and an entoconid