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Sinohippus

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Sinohippus was named by Zhai (1962). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Equidae by Carroll (1988); and to Anchitheriinae by Zhai (1962), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Salesa et al. (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Sinohippus Zhai
1988Sinohippus Carroll
1989Sinohippus Prothero and Schoch p. 531
2004Sinohippus Salesa et al. p. 190

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyAnchitheriinae()
genusSinohippusZhai 1962

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. †Sinohippus Zhai 1962
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Sinohippus sampelayoi Villalta and Crusafont 1945
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: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 10 or 9.67000 to 8.72500 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Anchitherium sampelayoi (54136)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Zaragoza) Anchitherium sampelayoi (35876)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) S. sp. (206345)
MN 109.67 - 8.725France (Region Rhone-Alpes) S. sampelayoi (36634)