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Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens
Taxonomy
Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens was named by Osborn (1918). Its type specimen is AMNH 13018, a partial skeleton (Upper grinding teeth, pLm3, and hind foot), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens Osborn p. 83 figs. Plates 8.1, 9.1, 36.2,3. Text Fig. 58 |
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†Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens Osborn 1918
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. F. Osborn 1918 | (Matthew 1913, Osborn 1918) (1) Size of Parahippus texanus, one-eighth smaller than P. nebrascensis. (2) Crochet absent on p2, strong on pLm3; (3) PI and probably pi relatively large, compressed, p1 with distinct heel; (4) metastylids imperfectly separated from metaconids. (5) Limbs and feet relatively slender, with (6) lateral metapodials greatly reduced. |
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections
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