Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii was named by Lance (1950). Its type specimen is CIT 3576, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yepomera, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

It was recombined as Astrohippus stocki by Quinn (1955), MacFadden (1984), MacFadden (1986) and Prado and Alberdi (1996); it was recombined as Astrohippus stockii by Mooser (1973), MacFadden (1998), Kelly (1998) and MacFadden (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii Lance p. 12 figs. 2, 3, 6b, 7 - 10
1955Astrohippus stocki Quinn p. 63
1968Astrohippus albidens Mooser p. 2 figs. 1 - 6
1973Astrohippus stockii Mooser p. 258 fig. 2
1984Astrohippus stocki MacFadden
1986Astrohippus stocki MacFadden p. 467
1988Dinohippus albidens Kelly and Lander
1991Astrohippus albidens Baskin p. 999
1996Astrohippus stocki Prado and Alberdi p. 676
1998Astrohippus stockii Kelly
1998Astrohippus stockii MacFadden p. 551
2006Astrohippus stockii MacFadden p. 36

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusPliohippus
subgenusAstrohippus
speciesstockii

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.

show all | hide all
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 10:28:26
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:28:26
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden 1998
Collections
No collection or age range data are available