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Eurygnathohippus turkanense

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Hipparion turkanense was named by Hooijer and Maglio (1974). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lothagam-Lower Nawata Mb., which is in a Tortonian/Messinian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Nawata Formation of Kenya.

It was recombined as Eurygnathohippus turkanense by Franz-Odendaal et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. feibeli, E. sitifense, E. sitifense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Hipparion turkanense Hooijer and Maglio
2003Eurygnathohippus turkanense Franz-Odendaal et al. p. 454

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusEurygnathohippusVan Hoepen 1930
speciesturkanense(Hooijer and Maglio 1974)

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.

†Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974
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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, MacFadden 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Hipparion turkanense (22343 22394 22400 22405 22426 22434 22435 22441 22458 22460 22461 22463)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Eurygnathohippus turkanense (type locality: 22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda Hipparion turkanense (22345 22456)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Eurygnathohippus turkanense (22139)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22236)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Eurygnathohippus turkanense (22242)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Eurygnathohippus turkanense (22058 22059)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22237)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) Hipparion turkanense (21332)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Eurygnathohippus turkanense (22478)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Hipparion turkanense (22251 22265)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22238)