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Mesohippus bairdii

Mesohippus bairdii

Life-forms

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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Perissodactyla
Superfamilia: Equoidea

Familia: Equidae
Subfamilia: †Anchitheriinae
Genus: †Mesohippus
Species: †Mesohippus bairdii
Name

Mesohippus bairdii (Leidy, 1850)
Synonymy

Palaeotherium bairdii Leidy 1850: 122 [Protonym]
Anchitherium bairdii Leidy 1852
Anchitherium celer Marsh, 1874
Mesohippus bairdi Marsh, 1875: 248
Mesohippus celer Marsh 1875: 248
Miohippus bairdii Scott 1891
Miohippus celer Hay 1902
Mesohippus latidens Douglass 1903
Mesohippus hypostylus Osborn 1904
Kalobatippus bairdii Joleaud 1919
Mesohippus viejensis Clark and Beerbower 1967

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 Open access BHL Reference page.

Links

Mesohippus bairdii – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

Mesohippus bairdi skull (*)

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