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Hipparion laromae
Taxonomy
Hipparion laromae was named by Pesquero et al. (2006). Its type specimen is RO-1269, a set of postcrania (1Phalanx III), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Roma 2, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial claystone in the Alfambra Formation of Spain.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Hipparion laromae Pesquero et al. p. 352 figs. Fig. 5e |
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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 laromae Pesquero et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. D. Pesquero et al. 2006 | Robust Hipparion species, having a significantly greater body mass than H. primigenium; well-developed DPOF; large upper and lower cheek teeth, with characteristic enamel ‘‘wrinkled’’ plications that decrease with wear. Robust metapodials that become more slender in comparison with other Vallesian populations. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||