Mesohippus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Equoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Perissodactyla Superfamilia: Equoidea

Familia: Equidae
Subfamilia: †Anchitheriinae
Genus: †Mesohippus
Species: †M. bairdii – †M. barbouri – †M. braquistylus – †M. cuneatus – †M. equiceps – †M. exoletus – †M. intermedius – †M. longiceps – †M. metulophus –†M. montanensis – †M. obliquidens – †M. proteulophus

Name

Mesohippus Marsh, 1875

Type species: Palaeotherium bairdii Leidy, 1850, by original designation

Synonymy

Anchitherium Leidy, 1852
Mesohippus Marsh, 1875: 248
Miohippus Hay, 1902, partim
Palaeotherium Leidy, 1850
Pediohippus Schlaikjer, 1935, partim

References

Primary references

Marsh, O.C. 1875. Notice of New Tertiary Mammals, IV. American Journal of Science, ser. 3, 9(51): 239–250. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-9.51.239 BHL Reference page.

Links

Mesohippus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Μεσόιππος
English: Mesohippus
فارسی: میان‌اسب
עברית: מזוהיפוס
日本語: メソヒップス
қазақша: Мезогиппус
한국어: 메소히푸스
മലയാളം: മെസോഹിപ്പസ്
русский: Мезогиппус
中文: 漸新馬

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