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Hippomorpha

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42982https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42982
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Hippomorpha
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderPerissodactyla
suborderLophodontomorphaHooker and Dashzeveg 2004
infraorderEuperissodactylaHooker and Dashzeveg 2004
suborderHippomorpha
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hippomorphasuborderbelongs to Perissodactylastated without evidenceFerrusquia-Villafranca, 1969
Hippomorphasuborderbelongs to PerissodactylaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Hippomorphainfraorderbelongs to Mesaxoniastated without evidenceProthero and Schoch, 1989
Hippomorphaunranked cladebelongs to Euperissodactylastated with evidenceHooker and Dashzeveg, 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)514
Extant Size (PBDB)37 (7.2%)
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, grazer (based on Perissodactyla)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Equoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)6,80556.0 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
Pachynolophoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Indolophidae âśť
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
441.3 Ma
Eocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1969Hippomorpha Ferrusquia-Villafranca
1975Hippomorpha Forsten p. 3
1975Hippomorpha McKenna p. 43
1981Hippomorpha Thurmond and Jones p. 183
1988Hippomorpha Carroll
1989Hippomorpha Prothero and Schoch p. 531
2004Hippomorpha Hooker and Dashzeveg p. 1379

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Ferrusquia-Villafranca I. (1969) Rancho Gaitan Local Fauna, Early Chadronian, Northeastern Chihuahua, BoletĂ­n de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 33 2, 99-138
Forsten A. -M. (1975) The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision , Pearce-Sellards Series 22, 1-86
McKenna M. C. (1975) Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Mammalia, Phylogeny of the Primates, Plenum Publishing, New York, 21-46
Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244
Prothero D. R., Schoch R. M. (1989) Classification of the Perissodactyla, The Evolution of Perissodactyla, 530-537
Hooker J. J., Dashzeveg D. (2004) The origin of chalicotheres (Perissodactyla, Mammalia), Palaeontology 47 6, 1363-1387 doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00421.x
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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