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Allohippus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Allohippus was named by Kretzoi (1938).

It was reranked as Equus (Allohippus) by Eisenmann and Baylac (2000); it was considered a nomen dubium by Azzaroli (1992).

It was assigned to Equus by Eisenmann and Baylac (2000); and to Equini by Barrón-Ortiz et al. (2019).

Species
A. stenonis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Plesippus euxinicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Allohippus Kretzoi
2000Equus (Allohippus) Eisenmann and Baylac
2019Allohippus Barrón-Ortiz et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusAllohippusKretzoi 1938

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Allohippus Kretzoi 1938
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†Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Diet 2: browsersubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:56:53
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:56:53
Source: subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.20000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece (Macedonia) Equus stenonis (34651)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Granada) Equus stenonis (34941)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia Equus stenonis (39882)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Equus stenonis (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Albacete) Equus stenonis (40564 41931 41933)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Equus stenonis (34394 34395 34396 34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan Equus stenonis (34441)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Equus stenonis (40395)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece (Peloponnisos) Equus stenonis (34655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Equus stenonis (96739)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Granada) Equus stenonis (40986)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Turkey Equus stenonis (39322)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Equus stenonis (34812)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Equus stenonis (49240)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Equus stenonis (35038)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bulgaria Equus stenonis (58809)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Haute-Loire) Equus stenonis (48989)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Tajikistan (Zulfi) Equus stenonis (34434)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) Equus stenonis (44231)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Equus stenonis (51684)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation Equus stenonis (76510 76530)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain (Andalucia) Equus stenonis (36975)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Italy (Basilicata) Equus stenonis (38087)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Komaromesztergom) A. stenonis (35373)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Granada) Equus stenonis (35182 35229)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary A. stenonis (35381)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) A. stenonis (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Equus stenonis (34929)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) Equus stenonis (34614)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Macedonia) Equus stenonis (34594)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Equus stenonis (34593 34617 34762 34763)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Equus stenonis (69541)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Equus stenonis (77767)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Italy (Tuscany) Equus stenonis (49254)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) Equus stenonis (47131 47188 47624)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne Region) Equus stenonis (32105)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Haute-Loire) Equus stenonis (47133)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Spain (Teruel) Equus stenonis (36112)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France Equus stenonis (47132)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Italy (Lazio) Equus stenonis (49414)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) Equus stenonis (47150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Equus stenonis (34942)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) Equus stenonis (40500)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Equus stenonis (77750)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Equus stenonis (42241 47828 47829 47830)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Mygdonia) Equus stenonis (200083 200084 219198)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Perugia) Equus stenonis (44145)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Equus stenonis (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Kouban) Equus stenonis (40397)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Lesvos) Equus stenonis (183341)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Kazakhstan Equus stenonis (34446)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Thessaly) Equus stenonis (34782)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania A. stenonis (39847 39850 39866) Equus stenonis (32145)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Kos) Equus stenonis (207130)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Catalonia) Equus stenonis (49212)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Equus stenonis (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Equus stenonis (39321)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Equus stenonis (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Macedonia) Equus stenonis (34783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Dodecanese) Equus stenonis (204662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy (Basilicata) Equus stenonis (50466)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kozani) Equus stenonis (34764)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Hungary (Fejer) Equus stenonis (35475)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France Equus stenonis (34459)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Equus stenonis (35078)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Pas de Calais) Equus stenonis (49087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Equus stenonis (58421)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Equus stenonis (43645 43649 43650 43664)