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Hypohippus pertinax

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4969339https://www.gbif.org/species/4969339
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)47229https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=47229
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hypohippus : Hypohippus pertinax
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hypohippus : Hypohippus pertinax
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-Hippomorpha
superfamilyEquoideaHay 1902
familyEquidaeGray 1821
subfamilyAnchitheriinaeLeidy 1869
genusHypohippusLeidy 1858
speciesHypohippus pertinaxMatthew 1918
Generic NameHypohippus
Scientific NameHypohippus pertinax (Matthew, 1918)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hypohippus pertinaxspeciesbelongs to Hypohippusstated without evidenceMatthew, 1918
Hypohippus pertinaxspeciesbelongs to Anchitheriumstated with evidenceSimpson, 1932
Hypohippus pertinaxspeciesbelongs to Hypohippusstated with evidenceStirton, 1940
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Equidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew. 1918. Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38(7):183-229

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Anchitherium pertinax (Matthew, 1918)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hypohippus : Anchitherium pertinax

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1918Hypohippus pertinax Matthew
1932Anchitherium pertinax Simpson
1940Hypohippus pertinax Stirton

References

Matthew W. D. (1918) Contributions to the Snake Creek Fauna with notes upon the Pleistocene of western Nebraska, American Museum Expedition of 1916, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 38 7, 183-229
Stirton R. A. (1940) Phylogeny of North American Equidae, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 25 4, 165-198
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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