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Hipparionini (hipparionine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Hippotherium sinclairi Wortman p. 73
1889Hippotherium sinclairii Cope p. 434
1889Hipparion sinclairi Matthew
1896Hipparion sinclairi Roger
1898Hipparion sinclairi Trouessart
1902Hipparion sinclairii Hay p. 621
1905Neohipparion sinclairi Trouessart
1907Neohipparion sinclairi Gidley p. 900
1907Neohipparion sinclairi Merriam and Stock
1909Neohipparion sinclairi Matthew
1916Hipparion anthonyi Merriam
1918Hipparion anthonyi Osborn p. 190 figs. Text Fig. 153
1918Hipparion sinclairi Osborn p. 196 figs. Text Fig. 159
1924Hipparion sinclairi Matthew
1925Hipparion sinclairi Merriam et al. p. 76
1928Hipparion sinclairi Merriam and Stock p. 13
1930Hipparion sinclairi Hay
1930Hipparion sinclairi Matthew and Stirton
1940Hipparion anthonyi Stirton p. 184
1940Neohipparion sinclairi Stirton p. 1834
1952Neohipparion sinclairi Stirton
1955Hipparionini Quinn p. 58
1963Hipparionini Mooser p. 393
1991Hipparionini Baskin p. 999
1995Hipparionini Kelly p. 24
1998Hipparionini MacFadden p. 547
2006Hipparionini Bravo-Cuevas and Ferrusquía-Villafranca p. 780
2006Hipparionini Hulbert and Whitmore p. 13
2008Hipparionini Bravo-Cuevas and Ferrusquia-Villafranca

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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
subfamilyEquinae
tribeHipparionini
tribeHipparionini

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.

Tr. †Hipparionini Quinn 1955 [hipparionine horse]
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G. †Cormohipparion Skinner and MacFadden 1977
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Subg. †Cormohipparion (Cormohipparion) Hulbert 1988
Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert, Jr. 1988
Cormohipparion fricki Woodburne 2007
Cormohipparion goorisi MacFadden and Skinner 1981
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Invalid names: Protohippus lenticularis Cope 1893 [synonym]
Cormohipparion johnsoni Woodburne 2007
Cormohipparion matthewi Woodburne 2007
Cormohipparion merriami Woodburne 2007
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Invalid names: Hipparion mohavense Merriam 1913 [synonym], Hipparion mohavense callodonte Merriam 1915 [synonym], Hipparion platystyle Merriam 1915 [synonym]
Cormohipparion quinni Woodburne 1996
Cormohipparion skinneri Woodburne 2007
G. †Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen 1930
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Eurygnathohippus afarense Eisenmann 1976
Eurygnathohippus baardi Bone and Singer 1965
Eurygnathohippus cornelianus van Hoepen 1930
Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983
Eurygnathohippus namaquense Haughton 1932
Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974
Invalid names: Notohipparion Haughton 1932 [synonym]
G. †Hipparion de Christol 1832
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Subg. †Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) Sefve 1927
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Hipparion campbelli Bernor 1985
Hipparion chiai Liu et al. 1978
Hipparion concudense Pirlot 1956
Hipparion condoni Merriam 1915
Hipparion crassum Gervais 1859
Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974
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Invalid names: Hipparion gracile Guerin and Mein 1971 [synonym]
Hipparion dietrichi Wehrli 1941
Hipparion fissurae Crusafont and Sondaar 1971
Hipparion forcei Richey 1948
Hipparion gettyi Bernor 1985
Hipparion gromovae Villalta and Crusafont 1957
Hipparion laromae Pesquero et al. 2006
Hipparion longipes Gromova 1952
Hipparion macedonicum Koufos 1984
Hipparion matthewi Abel 1926
Hipparion mediterraneum Roth and Wagner 1855
Hipparion minus Pavlow 1890
Hipparion molayanense Zouhri 1992
Hipparion periafricanum Villalta and Crusafont 1957
Hipparion phlegrae Lazaridis and Tsoukala 2014
Hipparion prostylum Gervais 1849
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Invalid names: Hipparion diplostylum Gervais 1849 [synonym], Hipparion mesostylum Gervais 1849 [synonym]
Hipparion richthofeni Koken 1885
Hipparion rocinantis Hernández Pacheco 1921
Hipparion shirleyae MacFadden 1984
Hipparion tehonense Merriam 1916
Hipparion theniusi Melentis 1969
Hipparion weihoense Liu et al. 1978
Invalid names: Hemihipparion Wehrli 1941 [synonym], Hipparion sellardsi Matthew and Stirton 1930 [nomen nudum], Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897 [nomen dubium], Hipparitherium Christol 1847 [synonym], Stylohipparion van Hoepen 1932 [synonym]
G. †Hippotherium Kaup 1832
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Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829
G. †Nannippus Matthew 1926
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Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968
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Invalid names: Hipparion minus Sellards 1916 [synonym]
Nannippus beckensis Dalquest and Donovan 1973
Nannippus morgani Hulbert, Jr. 1993
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Invalid names: Equus minutus Cope 1893 [synonym], Equus phlegon Hay 1899 [synonym], Hipparion cragini Hay 1917 [synonym], Nannippus hesperides Mooser 1968 [synonym], Nannippus montezumae Leidy 1882 [synonym]
Nannippus westoni Simpson 1930
G. †Neohipparion Gidley 1903
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Neohipparion affine Leidy 1869
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Invalid names: Hippotherium speciosum Leidy 1854 [synonym], Neohipparion dolichops Gidley 1906 [synonym], Neohipparion whitneyi Gidley 1903 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Hesperohipparion stirtoni Dalquest 1981 [synonym], Hippotherium rectidens Cope 1886 [synonym], Neohipparion arellanoi Stirton 1955 [synonym], Neohipparion floresi Stirton 1955 [synonym], Neohipparion molle Merriam 1915 [synonym], Neohipparion monias Mooser 1963 [synonym], Neohipparion otomii Mooser 1959 [synonym], Neohipparion phosphorum Simpson 1930 [synonym]
Neohipparion gidleyi Merriam 1915
Neohipparion leptode Merriam 1915
Neohipparion trampasense Edwards 1982
Invalid names: Hesperohipparion Dalquest 1981 [synonym], Neohipparion sanjuanensis Frick 1933 [nomen nudum]
G. †Pseudhipparion Ameghino 1904
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Pseudhipparion gratum Leidy 1869
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Invalid names: Neohipparion niobrarense Gidley 1906 [synonym]
Pseudhipparion hessei Webb and Hulbert, Jr. 1986
Pseudhipparion simpsoni Webb and Hulbert, Jr. 1986
Pseudhipparion skinneri Webb and Hulbert, Jr. 1986
Invalid names: Griphippus Quinn 1955 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hipparion anthonyi Merriam 1916 [nomen dubium], Hippotherium sinclairi Wortman 1882 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. H. Quinn 1955pper teeth with pli proto-
loph and pli hypoloph; protocone discon- nected; hypoconal groove open to base of crowns; metaconid and metastylid elon- gate antero-posteriorly and not strongly divergent; parastylid present on all genera except in late stages; pli caballinid con- fined to premolars ( except N. eurystyle and related species) ; protostylid present on milk teeth.