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Minippus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Minippus Froehlich p. 153 fig. 1

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
genusMinippus

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. †Minippus Froehlich 2002
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Minippus index Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Hyracotherium sulcatus Gingerich 1989 [synonym], Orotherium loevii Cope 1877 [synonym]
Minippus jicarillai Froehlich 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:55:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Eohippus index (15483) Hyracotherium angustidens (15879) Hyracotherium index (15454 15551 15553 15554 15555 15556 15557 15937 15964 16056) Hyracotherium vasacciense (15661 15662)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Texas) Hyracotherium angustidens (15838)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Hyracotherium angustidens (15598 15607 15611)