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Anchitherium zitteli

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Anchitherium zitteli was named by Schlosser (1903).

It was recombined as Sinohippus zitteli by Zhai (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. alberdiae, A. aurelianense, A. aurelianensis, A. ezquerrae, A. gobiensis, A. hippoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Anchitherium zitteli Schlosser
1962Sinohippus zitteli Zhai

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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()
genusAnchitheriumvon Meyer 1844
specieszitteli

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.

†Anchitherium zitteli Schlosser 1903
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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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Anchitheriinae indet. (28784)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Nei Mongol) Anchitheriinae indet. (28785)