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Hippidion principale

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Hippidion principale was named by Lund (1846).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Hippidion principale Lund
1891Onohippidium munizi Moreno p. 65
1894Onohippidium munizi Lydekker p. 77
1996Hippidion principale Prado and Alberdi p. 676

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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
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusHippidionOwen 1869
speciesprincipaleLund 1846

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.

†Hippidion principale Lund 1846
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Invalid names: Onohippidium munizi Moreno 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Diet 2: browsersubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:56:53
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:56:53
Source: subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

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

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Hippidion principale (70673)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) Hippidion principale (236300)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hippidion principale (63335)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay Hippidion principale (71325) Hippidion sp. (71274)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) Hippidion principale (203955 203958)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) Hippidion principale (140159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Hippidion principale (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) Hippidion principale (212848)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Hippidion principale (213489)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Hippidion principale (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hippidion principale (189517)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) Hippidion sp. (71280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Hippidion principale (212472)