Orohippus tapirinus Cope

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Object Details

Collector

Dr. Edward D. Cope

Geologic Age

Cenozoic / Paleogene / Eocene / Wasatchian

Record Last Modified

4 Aug 2025

Skeletal Morphology

Skull element, partial left mandible, tooth M1-M2

Stratigraphy

/ San Jose Fm

Collection Date

1874

USNM Number

V1086

Type Citation

Cope. 1875. Geogr.Explor.Surveys W.100th Meridian Rept. 263.

Cope. 1881. Am.Naturalist. 15 : 1018.

Cope. 1877. U.S.Geogr.Surveys West Of 100th Meridian Rept. pl.65,f.18.

Froehlich, D. J. 2002. Quo vadis Eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the Early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla).. Zoological Jour.Linnean Soc. 134 : 141-256.

Cope. 1877. U.S.Geogr.Surveys West Of 100th Meridian Rept. pl.66,f.16.

Matthew, W. D. 1899. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 12 : 33.

Type Status

syntype

holotype

Place

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America

Published Name

Orohippus tapirinus Cope

Systemodon tapirinus (Cope)

Systemodon tapirinum (Cope)

Hyracotherium tapirinum (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:/65665/3691d6a93-e946-4eab-b4a0-a747eab75c5f

Record ID

nmnhpaleobiology_3427772