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Epihippus uintensis

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Orohippus uintensis was named by Marsh (1875). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Epihippus gracilis by Granger (1908), Peterson (1932), Scott (1945), Gazin (1956), Forsten (1971), Hanson (1996); it was recombined as Epihippus uintensis by King (1878), Scott and Osborn (1887), Osborn (1890), Matthew (1899), Hay (1902), Matthew (1909), Hay (1930), MacFadden (1980), McCarroll et al. (1996), MacFadden (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Orohippus uintensis Marsh p. 247
1878Epihippus uintensis King
1887Epihippus uintensis Scott and Osborn
1890Epihippus uintensis Osborn
1899Epihippus uintensis Matthew
1902Epihippus uintensis Hay p. 612
1909Epihippus uintensis Matthew
1930Epihippus uintensis Hay
1980Epihippus uintensis MacFadden
1996Epihippus uintensis McCarroll et al.
1998Epihippus uintensis MacFadden p. 543

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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
genusEpihippus
speciesuintensis()

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.

†Epihippus uintensis Marsh 1875
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Uintan or 45.90000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Utah) Epihippus uintensis (109203)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Utah) Epihippus uintensis (213066)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Epihippus sp. (16603)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean45.9 - 37.0USA (California) Epihippus uintensis (241740)