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Eurygnathohippus libycum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Hipparion libycum was named by Pomel (1897).

It was recombined as Eurygnathohippus libycum by Franz-Odendaal et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. feibeli, E. sitifense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Hipparion libycum Pomel
2003Eurygnathohippus libycum Franz-Odendaal et al. p. 454

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
specieslibycum(Pomel 1897)

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.

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Hipparion libycum (22559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Hipparion libycum (21616)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Hipparion libycum (21990 22028)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Hipparion libycum (21960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Hipparion libycum (32052)
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)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Hipparion libycum (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Hipparion libycum (22491)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Hipparion libycum (21825)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Hipparion libycum (21923)