Hippotherium calamarium Cope

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Collector
Dr. Edward D. Cope
Geologic Age
Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene - Hemingfordian
Record Last Modified
17 Oct 2024
Skeletal Morphology
Skull element, partial maxilla-T, partial lower jaw-T
Stratigraphy
Santa Fe Group - Tesuque Fm
Collection Date
1874
USNM Number
V2572
Type Citation
Cope. 1875. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Proc. 259.
Stirton, R. A. 1940. California Univ.Pubs.Geol.Sci. 25 (n.4): 181.
Type Status
holotype
Place
Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Published Name
Hippotherium calamarium Cope
Merychippus (Merychippus) calamarius calamarius (Cope)
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Paleogeneral
Types: Mammals Terrestrial
Mammalia Primary Type
Paleobiology
Taxonomy
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Perissodactyla Equidae
NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
Record ID
nmnhpaleobiology_3428115
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ff44015-9fa2-4a00-85f3-cfffc57467b4
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