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Megahippus matthewi

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Hypohippus matthewi Barbour
1918Megahippus matthewi Osborn p. 209 figs. Text Fig. 171
1938Megahippus matthewi McGrew p. 315 fig. 5
1940Megahippus matthewi Stirton p. 175
1962Megahippus matthewi Tedford and Alf
1969Megahippus matthewi Webb
1990Megahippus matthewi Voorhies
1998Megahippus matthewi MacFadden p. 545

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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
subfamilyAnchitheriinae()
genusMegahippus
speciesmatthewi()

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.

†Megahippus matthewi Barbour 1914
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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: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:24:05
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Megahippus sp. (type locality: 18124)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Megahippus sp. (18845)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Megahippus matthewi (19383)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Hypohippus matthewi (18147) Megahippus matthewi (18176 18233)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) Megahippus matthewi (19528)