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Hoplichnus equus

Taxonomy
Hoplichnus equus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Hoplichnus equus Hitchcock p. 134
1871Hoplichnus equus Hitchcock p. xxi
1889Hoplichnus equus Hitchcock p. 119
1894Hoplichnus equus Lyman p. 205
1902Hoplichnus equus Hay p. 546
1904Hoplichnus equus Lull
1930Hoplichnus equus Hay p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
genusHoplichnus
speciesequus

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.

†Hoplichnus equus Hitchcock 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Connecticut) Hoplichnus equus (91574)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Hoplichnus equus (type locality: 52985 91578)