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Anchitherium (Hypohippus)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Leidy p. 23
1869Hypohippus Leidy p. 303
1902Hypohippus Hay p. 615
1904Hypohippus Gidley p. 191
1907Hypohippus Gidley p. 867
1913Hypohippus (Drymohippus) Merriam p. 420 figs. 1 and 2
1913Hypohippus Scott p. 290
1918Hypohippus Osborn p. 203
1940Hypohippus Stirton p. 175
1975Hypohippus Forsten p. 12
1988Hypohippus Carroll
1989Hypohippus Prothero and Schoch p. 531
1998Hypohippus MacFadden p. 545

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyAnchitheriinae()
genusAnchitheriumvon Meyer 1844
subgenusHypohippus

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.

Subg. †Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Leidy 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:55:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available