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Cormohipparion goorisi

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8578922https://www.gbif.org/species/8578922
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)45276https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=45276
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Cormohipparion : Cormohipparion goorisi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Cormohipparion : Cormohipparion goorisi
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
subfamilyEquinaeSteinmann and Döderlein 1890
tribeHipparioniniQuinn 1955
genusCormohipparionSkinner and MacFadden 1977
speciesCormohipparion goorisiMacFadden & Skinner 1981
Generic NameCormohipparion
Scientific NameCormohipparion goorisi (MacFadden & Skinner, 1981)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cormohipparion goorisispeciesbelongs to Cormohipparionstated with evidenceMacFadden and Skinner, 1981
Cormohipparion goorisispeciesbelongs to Merychippusstated with evidenceKelly, 1995
Cormohipparion goorisispeciesbelongs to Cormohipparionstated with evidenceWoodburne, 1996
Cormohipparion goorisispeciesbelongs to Merychippusstated with evidenceKelly, 1998
Cormohipparion goorisispeciesbelongs to Cormohipparionstated with evidenceWoodburne, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Cormohipparion)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. J. MacFadden and M. F. Skinner. 1981. Earliest Holarctic hipparion, Cormohipparion goorisi n. sp. (Mammalia, Equidae), from the Barstovian (medial Miocene) Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):619-627

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Merychippus goorisi (MacFadden & Skinner, 1981)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Cormohipparion : Merychippus goorisi

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1981Cormohipparion goorisi MacFadden and Skinner p. 620 figs. 1 - 3
1984Cormohipparion goorisi MacFadden p. 150 figs. 22, 23, 118-123, 149, 150
1995Merychippus goorisi Kelly p. 25
1996Cormohipparion goorisi Woodburne p. 16
1998Merychippus goorisi Kelly
1998Merychippus goorisi MacFadden p. 547
2007Cormohipparion goorisi Woodburne

References

MacFadden B. J., Skinner M. F. (1981) Earliest Holarctic hipparion, Cormohipparion goorisi n. sp. (Mammalia, Equidae), from the Barstovian (medial Miocene) Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, Journal of Paleontology 55 3, 619-627
MacFadden B. J. (1984) Systematics and phylogeny of Hipparion, Neohipparion, Nannippus, and Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of the New World, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 179 1, 1-195
Kelly T. S. (1995) New Miocene horses from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 455, 1-33
Woodburne M. O. (1996) Reappraisal of the Cormohipparion from the Valentine Formation, Nebraska, American Museum Novitates 3163, 1-56
Kelly T. S. (1998) New Middle Miocene equid crania from California and their implications for the phylogeny of the Equini, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 473, 1-44
MacFadden B. J. (1998) Equidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 537-559
Woodburne M. O. (2007) Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia; Perissodactyla, Equidae), Late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 306 1, 1-138 doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2007)306[1:PDOTCO]2.0.CO;2
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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