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Cormohipparion

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Cormohipparion Skinner and MacFadden
1989Cormohipparion Manning and MacFadden p. 37
1989Cormohipparion Prothero and Schoch p. 532
1995Cormohipparion Kelly p. 26
1998Cormohipparion MacFadden p. 549
2006Cormohipparion Hulbert and Whitmore p. 17
2008Cormohipparion Bravo-Cuevas and Ferrusquia-Villafranca
2019Cormohipparion May

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

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. †Cormohipparion Skinner and MacFadden 1977
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Subg. †Cormohipparion (Cormohipparion) Hulbert 1988
†Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert, Jr. 1988
†Cormohipparion fricki Woodburne 2007
†Cormohipparion goorisi MacFadden and Skinner 1981
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Invalid names: Protohippus lenticularis Cope 1893 [synonym]
†Cormohipparion johnsoni Woodburne 2007
†Cormohipparion matthewi Woodburne 2007
†Cormohipparion merriami Woodburne 2007
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Invalid names: Hipparion mohavense Merriam 1913 [synonym], Hipparion platystyle Merriam 1915 [synonym]
†Cormohipparion quinni Woodburne 1996
†Cormohipparion skinneri Woodburne 2007
Invalid names: Hipparion mohavense callodonte Merriam 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: mixed feeder leaning towards browsing based on stable isotopes (MacFadden and Cerling 1996) but probably predominantly a C4 grazer and also a browser based on hypsodonty, isotopes, and microwear (MacFadden et al. 1999)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:23:13
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:58:34
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 18.50000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Florida) C. goorisi (18594) C. ingenuum (18600) C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18521 18534 18574) C. plicatile (18526 18540) Hipparion ingenuum, Hipparion plicatile (18544)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Louisiana) C. sp. (163859)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Texas) C. ingenuum (18687)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Colorado) Merychippus sphenodus (17908)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) C. quinni (174579)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) C. goorisi (18608)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) C. occidentale (19470) C. sp. (19535)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) C. goorisi, C. quinni (18442) C. quinni (18124 18125 18281 18284 18361 18363)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Louisiana) Merychippus goorisi (18621 18652 164388)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Mexico (Oaxaca) C. quinni (18722)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Florida) C. sphenodus (18583)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) C. quinni (18220) Merychippus sphenodus (18203)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) C. goorisi (18665)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. johnsoni, Neohipparion coloradense (18077)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Florida) C. ingenuum (18569)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Costa Rica (Alajuela) C. quinni (225600)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. merriami (18217 18260) C. occidentale (18037 18092 18135 18218 18242 18466 188779) Hippotherium occidentale, C. matthewi (18214 18245 18496) Hippotherium sp. (18324)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) C. ingenuum (18588)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) C. occidentale (19322 19323 19384) Hipparion mohavense (19517)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) C. fricki (18244) C. ingenuum, Nannippus sp. (18623) C. skinneri (18355) Nannippus sp. (18610 18640 18645)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) C. fricki (18200) Hippotherium sp. (18268) Neohipparion occidentale (18481)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) C. sp. (200046)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) C. ingenuum (18536 161375) C. occidentale (161374)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) C. occidentale (19528)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18554)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. occidentale (18327)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Florida) C. plicatile (18541)
Early/Lower Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Florida) C. ingenuum (18547)
Late/Upper Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Texas) Nannippus sp. (18683)
Clarendonian - Pliocene12.5 - 2.58USA (Oklahoma) C. occidentale (170180)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) C. emsliei (18505)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama C. sp. (187583)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Hipparion mohavense (46070)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Hipparion mohavense (19554)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) C. emsliei (18548) C. ingenuum (18501) C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18568)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Hipparion platystyle (19609)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Louisiana) C. emsliei (68441)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) C. sp. (18970) Hipparion occidentale (19015)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) C. emsliei (18502 18514 18520 18577 18584) C. emsliei, C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18581) C. emsliei, C. plicatile (18564) C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18578 18602) C. ingenuum, Hipparion plicatile (18560) C. sp. (18601) Hipparion ingenuum, C. ingenuum (18556) Hipparion ingenuum, Hipparion plicatile (18563) Hipparion plicatile, C. ingenuum (18529) Hippotherium plicatile (216990)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Honduras C. ingenuum (18732 18750) C. plicatile, C. ingenuum (18739)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Texas) C. occidentale (18072) Protohippus lenticularis (18175)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Alabama) C. emsliei (18559)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) C. emsliei (18532 18573) C. emsliei, C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18533)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) C. ingenuum, C. plicatile (18539)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Idaho) C. sp. (218109 218111)
late Early Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) C. ingenuum (18552)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean9.4 - 3.6USA (Florida) C. emsliei (18535)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (26574)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) C. emsliei (19752 19753 98320)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Jammu) C. sp. (51101)