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Hippomorpha

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Hippomorpha was named as a suborder.

It was reranked as the infraorder Hippomorpha by Prothero and Schoch (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Hippomorpha by Hooker and Dashzeveg (2004).

It was assigned to Perissodactyla by Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Forsten (1975), McKenna (1975), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bernor (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Mesaxonia by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Euperissodactyla by Hooker and Dashzeveg (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Hippomorpha Ferrusquia-Villafranca
1975Hippomorpha Forsten p. 3
1975Hippomorpha McKenna p. 43
1981Hippomorpha Thurmond and Jones p. 183
1985Hippomorpha Bernor
1988Hippomorpha Carroll
1989Hippomorpha Prothero and Schoch p. 531
2004Hippomorpha Hooker and Dashzeveg p. 1379

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
suborderLophodontomorpha
infraorderEuperissodactyla
—Hippomorpha
—Hippomorpha

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.

Unr. †Hippomorpha
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Fm. †Indolophidae Schoch 1984
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G. †Indolophus Pilgrim 1925
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†Indolophus guptai Pilgrim 1925
Invalid names: Pachynolophoidea Pavlow 1888 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: browsero
Diet 2: grazero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:57:26
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:57:26
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Indolophus guptai (41195 41331 41456 177034)