Hippotherium calamarium Cope

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Object Details

Collector

Dr. Edward D. Cope

Geologic Age

Cenozoic / Neogene / Miocene / Hemingfordian

Record Last Modified

4 Aug 2025

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

Data Source

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ff44015-9fa2-4a00-85f3-cfffc57467b4

Record ID

nmnhpaleobiology_3428115