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Hipparion molayanense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Hipparion molayanense was named by Zouhri (1992). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Molayan, which is in a Turolian fluvial claystone in the Khurdkabul Formation of Afghanistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Hipparion molayanense Zouhri
1996Hipparion molayanense Zouhri p. 438

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeHipparionini
genusHipparion
speciesmolayanenseZouhri 1992

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.

Hipparion molayanense Zouhri 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:28:06
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:28:06
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, MacFadden and Cerling 1996

Age range: Turolian or 8.72500 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Afghanistan Hipparion sp. (type locality: 75492)