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Hipparion forcei

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Hipparion forcei Richey
1984Hipparion forcei MacFadden p. 70 figs. 25-27, 40-45, 146, 150
1998Hipparion forcei MacFadden p. 548
2011Hipparion forcei Boessenecker p. 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeHipparionini
genusHipparion
speciesforcei

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.

Hipparion forcei Richey 1948
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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: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:28:06
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:28:06
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, MacFadden 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Clarendonian or 11.62000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Hipparion mohavense (19439) Merychippus sumani (19440)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Hippotherium sp. (18301)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Hipparion forcei (19185 19322 19323 19391 19517)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Hipparion forcei (19466 40514 52210)