Hippotherium

Hippotherium is an extinct genus of horse that lived during the Miocene through Pliocene ~13.65—6.7 Mya, existing for 6.95 million years.

Hippotherium

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
HipparioniniPBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Equinae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Equinae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 13.82 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 141 occurrencesMiocene — about 132 of 141 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 141 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 1 of 141 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 16 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 18 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 20 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 20 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 9 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 7 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 7 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 7 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 5 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.1–2.4 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 0.4 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13.82 Mya3.6 Mya23.5 Mya0 Mya

141 occurrences of Hippotherium on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

141 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

43 formations

Ash Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 101.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.39°N, 98.10°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.70°N, 103.10°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 43.20°N, 99.80°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WGoliad — 28.60°N, 97.70°WGoliad — 28.34°N, 97.96°WGoliad — 28.53°N, 97.74°WJuntura — 43.60°N, 117.50°WOgallala — 39.80°N, 99.40°WOgallala — 37.20°N, 99.90°WOgallala — 39.08°N, 99.77°WOgallala — 35.68°N, 99.60°WNS Caliente — 34.30°N, 119.00°WNawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EBeglia — 34.00°N, 8.00°EPikermi — 38.04°N, 23.72°EPikermi — 38.00°N, 23.95°ESnake Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WPeace River — 27.90°N, 81.80°WPeace River — 27.00°N, 82.20°WStatenville — 30.40°N, 83.00°WStatenville — 30.90°N, 82.90°WKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EErgene — 41.20°N, 27.83°EEdelény — 48.39°N, 20.64°EOlesa-Les Fonts alluvial system — 41.54°N, 2.06°ECoetas — 35.40°N, 101.90°WBridwell — 33.70°N, 101.10°WFleming — 30.70°N, 94.70°WTruckee — 39.50°N, 118.50°WCoal Valley — 38.50°N, 118.30°WEsmeralda — 37.96°N, 118.03°WRattlesnake — 44.50°N, 119.30°WSiesta — 37.88°N, 122.22°W

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The named rock units Hippotherium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 19 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 49 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Hippotherium and its relatives

Miocene

Where Hippotherium and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,111 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 138 sites for Hippotherium, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

45 references

Each of the 141 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 33 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Hippotherium

Credit
Ghedoghedo
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Laser scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Hippotherium (Hipparion) primigenium · zmb:mbma:32695

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itHipparionini through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Kaup 1832