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Parapliohippus carrizoensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Merychippus carrizoensis was named by Dougherty (1940).

It was recombined as Stylonus carrizoensis by Kelly and Lander (1988) and Kelly and Lander (1992); it was recombined as Pliohippus carrizoensis by Evander (1997); it was recombined as Parapliohippus carrizoensis by Kelly (1995) and Kelly (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Merychippus carrizoensis Dougherty
1955Merychippus tehachapiensis Buwalda and Lewis
1988Stylonus carrizoensis Kelly and Lander
1992Stylonus carrizoensis Kelly and Lander
1995Parapliohippus carrizoensis Kelly p. 3
1997Pliohippus carrizoensis Evander p. 73 figs. 5, 6
1998Parapliohippus carrizoensis Kelly p. 12
1998Merychippus carrizoensis MacFadden p. 547

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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
tribeEquini
genusParapliohippus
speciescarrizoensis()

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.

†Parapliohippus carrizoensis Dougherty 1940
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Invalid names: Merychippus tehachapiensis Buwalda and Lewis 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Diet 2: browsersubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:56:53
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:56:53
Source: subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden 1998, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Merychippus carrizoensis (19267 19294 19325) Merychippus tehachapiensis (19259) Stylonus carrizoensis (19344 19428)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Protohippus sp. (18836 18837)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Merychippus carrizoensis (18962)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Merychippus carrizoensis (19233 19367 19599) Merychippus tehachapiensis (19586)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Merychippus carrizoensis (19369)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Merychippus carrizoensis (19198 19206 19230 19231 19232 19319 19529 19601) Merychippus tehachapiensis (19242 19247 19250 19251 19252 19253 19254 19255 19256) Merychippus tehachapiensis, Merychippus carrizoensis (19478)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Merychippus carrizoensis (19313 19513 19616) Merychippus tehachapiensis (19136 19137) Stylonus carrizoensis (19566)