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Hypohippidium humahuaquense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Hypohippidium humahuaquense was named by Fernandez de Alvarez (1957). Its type specimen is FCEyN-UBA-3502, a set of limb elements (metapodials, astragali, phalanges), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is right margin of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Hypohippidium humahuaquense Alvarez
1957Hypohippidium humahuaquense Fernandez de Alvarez p. 85

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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
genusHypohippidium
specieshumahuaquense

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.

Hypohippidium humahuaquense Fernandez de Alvarez 1957
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) Hypohippidium humahuaquense (type locality: 210722)