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Hipparion mediterraneum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy

Hipparion mediterraneum was named by Roth and Wagner (1855).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. abudhabiense, H. africanum, H. brachypus, H. garedzicum, H. giganteum, H. hippidiodus, H. houfenense, H. malustenense, H. moldavicum, H. nagriensis, H. platyodus, H. proboscideum, H. sebastopolitanum, H. verae, H. zandaense, H. baardi, H. cornelianum, H. ethiopicum, H. macrodon, H. theobaldi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1855	Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
superorder	Perissodactylamorpha
order	Perissodactyla	()
superfamily	Equoidea
family	Equidae
subfamily	Equinae
tribe	Hipparionini
genus	Hipparion
species	mediterraneum	Roth and Wagner 1855

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.

†Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingsubf

Diet:

browserg

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2009-01-04 10:28:06

Modified:

2009-01-04 12:28:06

Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Messinian or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Moldova	Hipparion mediterraneum (75802)
Vallesian	11.608 - 8.7	Iraq	Hipparion mediterraneum (41735)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Greece (Euboea)	Hipparion mediterraneum (207135)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Greece (Chalkidona)	Hipparion mediterraneum (202702)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Greece (Attica)	Hipparion mediterraneum (183121)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Greece (Aegean)	Hipparion mediterraneum (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Turkey (Usak)	Hipparion mediterraneum (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Greece (Attiki)	Hipparion mediterraneum (195562)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Greece (Euboea)	Hipparion mediterraneum (202213 207133)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Greece (Larissa)	Hipparion mediterraneum (207134)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Greece (Samos)	Hipparion mediterraneum (43007)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Bulgaria	Hipparion mediterraneum (215636)