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Haplohippus texanus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Haplohippus texanus was named by McGrew (1953) [genotype]. Its type specimen is FMNH PM 17, a mandible (nearly complete lower jaw with sym- physis and both rami, lacking coronoids and condyles), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Haplohippus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Haplohippus texanus McGrew
1998Haplohippus texanus MacFadden p. 543

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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
subfamilyHyracotheriinae
genusHaplohippus
speciestexanus

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.

Haplohippus texanus McGrew 1953
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. O. McGrew 1953Height of cheek teeth approximately as in Epihippus; lower premolars without and lower molars with external cingula;
p2 not molariform, with single anterior cusp and poorly distinguished posterior cusps; p3 partially molariform with incomplete lophids; p4 and molars with distinct entoconids and low parastylids; symphysis long.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:55:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the Middle Eocene or 39.70000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Haplohippus texanus (16842)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Haplohippus texanus (16828)