Merychippus

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

Familia: Equidae
Subfamilia: Equinae
Genus: †Merychippus
Species: M. insignis – †M. primus – †M. sejunctus

Name

• †Merychippus Leidy, 1856: 311

Type species: Merychippus insignis Leidy, 1856, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Leidy, J. 1856. Notices of extinct Vertebrata discovered by Dr. F.V. Hayden, during the expedition to the Sioux country under the command of Lieut. G.K. Warren. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 311–312.

Additional references

• Bravo-Cuevas, V.M. & Ferrusquía-Villafranca, I. 2006. Merychippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Middle Miocene of state of Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico. Géobios 39: 771–784.