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Equus capensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Equus capensis Broom
1955Hippotigris capensis Quinn p. 46

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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
tribeEquini
genusEquus
speciescapensisBroom 1909

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.

†Equus capensis Broom 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:57:30
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:02:31
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Equus capensis (22229)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Equus capensis (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Equus capensis (21960 207105)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Equus capensis (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Equus capensis (21824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Equus capensis (21695 21825 21828 21829 21915 21929 21931 21953 21956 115191)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Equus capensis (21948 21949 21951 22231)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Equus capensis (21923 21928 21961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Equus capensis (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Equus capensis (21921)