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Eurygnathohippus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Eurygnathohippus was named by Van Hoepen (1930). Its type is Eurygnathohippus cornelianus.

It was assigned to Hipparionini by Franz-Odendaal et al. (2003).

Species
E. afarense, E. albertense, E. baardi, E. cornelianus (type species), E. hasumense, E. libycum, E. namaquense, E. turkanense
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. feibeli, E. sitifense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen
1932Notohipparion Haughton
2003Eurygnathohippus Franz-Odendaal et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeHipparionini
genusEurygnathohippusVan Hoepen 1930

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.

G. †Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen 1930
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†Eurygnathohippus afarense Eisenmann 1976
†Eurygnathohippus baardi Bone and Singer 1965
†Eurygnathohippus cornelianus van Hoepen 1930
†Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983
†Eurygnathohippus namaquense Haughton 1932
†Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974
Invalid names: Notohipparion Haughton 1932 [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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Hipparion turkanense (22343 22394 22400 22405 22426 22434 22435 22441 22458 22460 22461 22463)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Hipparion albertense (22220 22224 22228)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya E. feibeli, E. turkanense (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22236)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia E. sp., E. turkanense (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Hipparion turkanense (22345 22456)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania E. sitifense (22042) E. sitifense, E. sp., E. turkanense (22058) E. turkanense (22059)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya E. feibeli, E. turkanense (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Hipparion albertense (59167)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Hipparion turkanense (21332)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya E. sp. (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania E. hasumense (22043 22044 22045 22048 22049 22050 22052 22053 22054)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Hipparion turkanense (22251 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Hipparion libycum (22559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania E. sp. (22477) E. turkanense (22478)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Hipparion libycum (21616)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Hipparion hasumense (22321)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya E. sp. (22235 22239) Hipparion hasumense (21429)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Hipparion libycum (21990 22028)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Hipparion libycum (21960)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Hipparion afarense (22197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Hipparion libycum (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Hipparion albertense (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya (Rift Valley) Hipparion hasumense (21308 21309 21310)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Hipparion hasumense (21408 21424 21425 21481 21482 21535)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Hipparion afarense (21762 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Hipparion afarense (21962 22505) Hipparion hasumense (22506)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Hipparion turkanense (22238)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Hipparion hasumense (21488 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Hipparion libycum (21541 21543 21565 21566 21567 21568 21575 21582 21609 21610 21614 21618 21654 21655 21746 21964 21983 21987 21988 22001 22010 22011 22015 22016 22018 22019 22020 22021 22022 22024)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Hipparion hasumense (21280 21282 21283 21345 21354 21355 21356)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Hipparion libycum (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Hipparion libycum (22491)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Hipparion hasumense (21453)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Hipparion libycum (21825)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Hipparion libycum (21923)