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Cormohipparion emsliei

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Cormohipparion emsliei was named by Hulbert (1988). Its type specimen is 94700, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hippotherium emsliei by Alroy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert, Jr. figs. 2-5
1989Cormohipparion emsliei Manning and MacFadden p. 37
1998Cormohipparion emsliei MacFadden p. 549
2006Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert and Whitmore p. 17
2007Hippotherium emsliei Alroy
2007Cormohipparion emsliei Woodburne

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeHipparionini
genusCormohipparion
speciesemsliei

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.

†Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert, Jr. 1988
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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: grazerg
Diet 2: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:23:13
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:58:34
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Zanclean or 10.30000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Cormohipparion emsliei (18505)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Cormohipparion emsliei (18548)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Cormohipparion emsliei (18559)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Louisiana) Cormohipparion emsliei (68441)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Cormohipparion emsliei (18502 18514 18520 18564 18577 18581 18584)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Cormohipparion emsliei (18532 18533 18573)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean10.3 - 3.6USA (Florida) Cormohipparion emsliei (18535)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Cormohipparion emsliei (19752 19753 98320)