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Equus giganteus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus giganteus was named by Gidley (1901). Its type specimen is AMNH 8616, a tooth (upper M2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Winans (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Equus giganteus Gidley p. 137 fig. 27
1902Equus giganteus Hay p. 623
1980Equus giganteus Kurten and Anderson p. 289
1988Equus giganteus Dalquest
1988Equus giganteus Dalquest and Carpenter
1992Equus giganteus Dalquest and Schultz
1994Equus giganteus Kelly
1997Equus giganteus Kelly

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
speciesgiganteus

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 giganteus Gidley 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nevada) Equus giganteus (19993 19996 20003 20005)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Equus giganteus (20020)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Equus giganteus (19927)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Equus giganteus (126660)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Equus giganteus (20158)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nevada) Equus giganteus (20012)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Equus giganteus (20342)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) Equus giganteus (20382)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Equus giganteus (20647)