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Dinohippus
Taxonomy
Dinohippus was named by Quinn (1955). It was considered polyphyletic by Prado and Alberdi (1996).
It was assigned to Equidae by MacFadden (1986) and Carroll (1988); to Pliohippina by Prado and Alberdi (1996); and to Equini by Quinn (1955), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Kelly (1995) and MacFadden (1998).
It was assigned to Equidae by MacFadden (1986) and Carroll (1988); to Pliohippina by Prado and Alberdi (1996); and to Equini by Quinn (1955), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Kelly (1995) and MacFadden (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Dinohippus Quinn p. 43 |
1986 | Dinohippus MacFadden p. 468 |
1988 | Dinohippus Carroll |
1989 | Dinohippus Prothero and Schoch p. 532 |
1995 | Dinohippus Kelly p. 19 |
1996 | Dinohippus Prado and Alberdi p. 676 |
1998 | Dinohippus MacFadden p. 551 |
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G. †Dinohippus Quinn 1955
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†Dinohippus interpolatus Cope 1893
†Dinohippus leardi Drescher 1941
†Dinohippus mexicanus Lance 1950
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Invalid names: Equus (Dolichohippus) mesamexicanus Mooser 1973 [synonym], Hippotigris ocotensis Mooser 1958 [synonym], Protohippus muelleri Mooser 1964 [synonym]
†Dinohippus osborni Frick 1921
†Dinohippus spectans Cope 1880
†Dinohippus subvenus Quinn 1955
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. H. Quinn 1955 | ze large; fossae not deeply excavlfted, malar fossa small or absent; upper teeth mildly curved, styles heavy with deep valleys; pli protoloph present; preprotoconal. groove deep, protocone elongate, a n d sometimes grooved internally on premolars, post-. protoconal groove , deep; hypoconal groove closed.· at about middle of crown and terminating at tip of hypocone; lower teeth transverse! y compressed; metaconid lai;ge and unrestricted, metastylid small and restricted; flexids large and deep; median valley deeply excavated on molars; hypoconulid of third molar grooved; parastylid weak; no pli caballinid; metaarsals long (240 to 265 mm). |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden 1998, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the early Early Hemphillian to the top of the Zanclean or 10.30000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (146 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene | USA (California) | Pliohippus interpolatus (19370) Pliohippus osborni (19376) | |
Miocene | USA (Nevada) | D. sp. (18852 18853 18854 18855 18856 19049 19050 19051 19052 19055) Pliohippus spectans (19129) | |
Miocene | USA (Montana) | Pliohippus interpolatus (18997 19068 19069) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | D. sp. (18104) D. subvenus (18610) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | D. leardi (229145) | |
Clarendonian | USA (California) | D. leardi (19323 19324 19384 19517) D. sp. (19540) Pliohippus leardi (19185 19310 19322) Pliohippus spectans (19515) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Utah) | D. sp. (18932) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Oregon) | Pliohippus spectans (19036) | |
Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | D. sp. (18128) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | Pliohippus sp. (18307) | |
Clarendonian - Pliocene | USA (Oklahoma) | D. sp. (170203) | |
Tortonian | Panama | D. sp. (187583) | |
Tortonian | USA (California) | Pliohippus leardi (19466 52210) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | USA (Florida) | D. mexicanus (18548) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Nevada) | D. sp. (18900 229134 229135 229136 229138 229141) Pliohippus fairbanksi (19095) Pliohippus spectans (18921 18973 18974 18984 19059 19060) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | D. interpolatus (18166 18241 18342) D. sp. (18055 18415) Pliohippus pernix (18140) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pliohippus interpolatus (18304) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | D. interpolatus (18746) D. mexicanus (212307) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Colorado) | Pliohippus sp. (18495) | |
Hemphillian | USA (New Mexico) | D. interpolatus (19533) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Jalisco) | D. interpolatus (18719) D. mexicanus (18745 18749 189788 189790 232513) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Michoacán) | D. interpolatus (212337) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | D. interpolatus (175257) D. sp. (18718) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Pliohippus spectans (18806 18935 18936 18943 18999 19015) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | D. interpolatus (18073 18097) Hippidium interpolatum, Hippidium spectans (18175) | |
Hemphillian | Costa Rica (Puntarenas) | D. mexicanus (144596) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | D. mexicanus (18520 18577) D. sp. (18564 18581) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Zacatecas) | D. interpolatus, D. mexicanus (212341) D. sp. (212342) | |
Hemphillian | USA (California) | D. leardi (19419) D. sp. (156741) Pliohippus interpolatus (19479 19480) Pliohippus spectans (19447) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Nayarit) | D. mexicanus (212338 212339) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | D. leidyanus (18033 18086 18201 18323 18499) D. sp. (18441) | |
Hemphillian | Mexico (Queretaro) | D. interpolatus (18730) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Zacatecas) | D. mexicanus (157349) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | D. mexicanus (18713 18738 18740) D. mexicanus, Hippotigris ocotensis, Protohippus muelleri (18737) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | D. leidyanus (18247) D. sp. (18126 18359) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | D. mexicanus (18532 18553 18573 18595 18599 60036) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | D. mexicanus (18733) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (New Mexico) | D. mexicanus (19602) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nevada) | D. sp. (19374) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | D. mexicanus (18734 18755) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | D. interpolatus (18340) D. mexicanus (18036 18093 18110) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | Canada (Alberta) | D. leidyanus (18757) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | D. interpolatus (19582) D. leidyanus (19445) D. mexicanus (175215 175216 175217 175218 175219 175220 175221 175222) Pliohippus edensis (19604) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | D. leidyanus (19612) Equini indet. (19514) | |
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | Pliohippus spectans (218109 218111) | |
late Early Hemphillian | USA (California) | D. sp. (156740) | |
Blancan | USA (California) | D. sp. (20085 20087 20111) | |
Blancan | Mexico (Guanajuato) | D. mexicanus (20076) | |
Blancan | Mexico (Hidalgo) | D. interpolatus (20079) | |
Blancan | USA (Nevada) | D. sp. (19965) |