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Kalobatippus avus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Hypohippus avus was named by Schlaikjer (1935). Its type specimen is MCZ 2811, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fox Creek Gap, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Anchitherium avus by Stirton (1940); it was recombined as Kalobatippus avus by MacFadden (1998) and MacFadden (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Hypohippus avus Schlaikjer
1940Anchitherium avus Stirton p. 174
1998Kalobatippus avus MacFadden
2001Kalobatippus avus MacFadden

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyAnchitheriinae()
genusKalobatippusOsborn 1915
speciesavus()

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.

Kalobatippus avus Schlaikjer 1935
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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, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Hypohippus avus (type locality: 17511)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Kalobatippus avus (17794)