Collector:

Dr. Edward D. Cope  Search this

Type Citation:

Cope. 1875. Geogr.Explor.Surveys W.100th Meridian Rept. 20-21.

Cope. 1875. Ann.Rept.Chief Engineers, Appendix. 94.

Cope. 1877. U.S.Geogr.Surveys West Of 100th Meridian Rept. pl.66,f.12.

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.

Wortman, J. L. 1896. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 8 : 94-96.

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

Collection Date:

1874

Geologic Age:

Cenozoic / Paleogene / Eocene / Wasatchian

Record Last Modified:

4 Aug 2025

Skeletal Morphology:

Skull element, partial right lower jaw, T-P3-M3

Stratigraphy:

/ San Jose Fm

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Perissodactyla Equidae

Published Name:

Orohippus tapirinus Cope

Hyracotherium (Eohippus) tapirnum (Cope)

Systemodon tapirinus (Cope)

Hyracotherium tapirinum (Cope)

Systemodon tapirinum (Cope)

USNM Number:

V1064

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Paleogeneral

Types: Mammals Terrestrial

Mammalia Primary Type

Paleobiology

Data Source:

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c0390058-ab89-4143-91fa-7f5eb93a52a9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_3427764