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Calippini (disused)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Calippini was named by Quinn (1955). Its type is Calippus.

It was assigned to Equinae by Quinn (1955); and to Equidae by Mooser (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Calippini Quinn p. 27
1968Calippini Mooser p. 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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeCalippini
tribeCalippini

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.

Tr. †Calippini Quinn 1955
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. H. Quinn 1955Protocones long; hypo- conal groove more than half closed in early forms to closed or nearly so in late forms; parastylid parallel to external face of protoconid and prominent on early forms, reduced on late forms; pli caballinid absent.
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, Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available