Cormohipparion

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Cormohipparion
Temporal range: Mid Miocene-Early Pliocene
(Hemphillian-Blancan)
~15.97–3.6  Ma
Cormohipparion occidentale (sturdy three-toed horse) (Ash Hollow Formation, Miocene, 11.83 Ma; Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska, USA) 4.jpg
C. occidentale skeleton
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe:† Hipparionini
Genus:† Cormohipparion
Skinner & MacFadden, 1977
Type species
†Hipparion occidentale
Subgenera and species

†Cormohipparion

  • †C. (C.) cappadociumBernor, 2024
  • †C. (C.) frickiWoodburne, 2007
  • †C. (C.) goorisiMacFadden & Skinner, 1981
  • †C. (C.) johnsoniWoodburne, 2007
  • †C. (C.) matthewiWoodburne, 2007
  • †C. (C.) merriamiWoodburne, 2007
  • †C. (C.) occidentale(Leidy, 1856) (type)
  • †C. (C.) quinniWoodburne, 1996
  • †C. (C.) skinneriWoodburne, 2007

†Notiocradohipparion

  • †C. (N.) plicatile(Leidy, 1887)
  • †C. (N.) ingenuum(Leidy, 1885)
  • †C. (N.) emslieiHulbert, 1988

Cormohipparion (Greek: "noble" (cormo), "pony" (hipparion) [1] is an extinct genus of horse belonging to the tribe Hipparionini that lived in North America and Eurasia during the late Miocene to Pliocene (Hemphillian to Blancan in the NALMA classification). [2] They grew up to 3 feet (0.91 meters) long. [3] [4]

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Taxonomy

Skull Cormohipparion occidentale.jpg
Skull

The genus Cormohipparion was coined for the extinct hipparionin horse "Equus" occidentale, described by Joseph Leidy in 1856. [5] However it was soon argued that the partial material fell within the range of morphological variation seen in Hipparion , and that the members of Cormohipparion belonged instead within Hipparion. [6] [7] This rested on claims that pre-orbital morphology did not have any taxonomic significance, a claim that detailed study of quarry sections later showed to be false. [8] The genus was originally identified by a closed off preorbital fossa, but later examinations of the cheek teeth, specifically the lower cheek teeth, of Cormohipparion specimens found that they were indeed valid and distinct from Hipparion. [9] A reappraisal of many horse genera was thus conducted in 1984, [10] and the proposed synonymy was not acknowledged by later literature. [11] C. ingenuum holds the distinction for being the first prehistoric horse to be described in Florida, as well as being one of the most common species of extinct three-toed horses found to be in Florida, lasting until the early Pliocene. [12] [13] Cormohipparionemsliei has the distinction of being the last hipparion horse known from the fossil record. [14]

The genus is considered to represent an ancestor to Hippotherium . [15] Its fossils have been recovered from as far south as Mexico. [16] Fossils have been found in the Great Plains and Rio Grande regions of North America, Mexico, Florida, and Texas, which shows that they were herding animals. [17] [18] [19] [20] Fossils have been unearthed in California, [21] Louisiana, [22] [23] Nebraska, [24] [25] South Dakota, [26] Honduras, [27] Costa Rica, [28] and Panama. [29] Fossils have also been found in India and Turkey. [30] [31]

Evolution

Skeletons of Cormohipparion and Teleoceras from the Ashfall Fossil Beds Ashfall Fossil Beds - Teleoceras and Cormohipparion.jpg
Skeletons of Cormohipparion and Teleoceras from the Ashfall Fossil Beds

A species of Cormohipparion closely related to C. occidentale is thought to have crossed the Bering land Bridge over into Eurasia around 11.4-11 million years ago, becoming the ancestor to Old World hipparionines. [32]

References

  1. ↑ C. Hulbert Jr., Richard (October 17, 2013). "Cormohipparion ingenuum". Florida Vertebrate Fossils. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  2. ↑ MacFadden, Bruce J.; Skinner, Morris F. (1982). "Hipparion Horses and Modern Phylogenetic Interpretation: Comments on Forsten's View of Cormohipparion". Journal of Paleontology. 56 (6): 1336–1342. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   1304670.
  3. ↑ "Region 4: The Great Plains". geology.teacherfriendlyguide.org. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  4. ↑ Czaplewski, Nicholas J.; Thurmond, J. Peter; Wyckoff, Don G. (Fall 2001). "Wild Horse Creek #1: A Late Miocene (Clarendonian-Hemphillian) Vertebrate Fossil Assemblage in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma" (PDF). Oklahoma Geology. 61 (3): 60–67.
  5. ↑ Skinner, M. F.; MacFadden, B. J. (1977). "Cormohipparion n. gen. (Mammalia, Equidae) from the North American Miocene (Barstovian-Clarendonian)". Journal of Paleontology. 51 (5). Paleontological Society: 912–926. JSTOR   1303763.
  6. ↑ Forsten, A. (1982). "The Status of the Genus Cormohipparion Skinner and MacFadden (Mammalia, Equidae)". Journal of Paleontology. 56 (6). Paleontological Society: 1332–1335. JSTOR   1304669.
  7. ↑ MacFadden, Bruce J. (1985). "Patterns of Phylogeny and Rates of Evolution in Fossil Horses: Hipparions from the Miocene and Pliocene of North America". Paleobiology. 11 (3): 245–257. Bibcode:1985Pbio...11..245M. doi:10.1017/S009483730001157X. ISSN   0094-8373. JSTOR   2400665. S2CID   89569817.
  8. ↑ MacFadden, B. J.; Skinner, M. F. (1982). "Hipparion Horses and Modern Phylogenetic Interpretation_ Comments on Forsten's View of Cormohipparion". Journal of Paleontology. 56 (6). Paleontological Society: 1336–1342. JSTOR   1304670.
  9. ↑ Forsten, Ann (1982). "The Status of the Genus Cormohipparion Skinner and MacFadden (Mammalia, Equidae)". Journal of Paleontology. 56 (6): 1332–1335. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   1304669.
  10. ↑ MacFadden, BJ (1984). "Systematics and phylogeny of Hipparion, Neohipparion, Nannippus, and Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of the new world". American Museum of Natural History.
  11. ↑ Hulbert Jr, R. C. (1988). "A New Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Pliocene (Latest Hemphillian and Blancan) of Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (4). The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: 451–468. Bibcode:1988JVPal...7..451H. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011675. JSTOR   4523166.
  12. ↑ "Cormohipparion ingenuum". Florida Museum. 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  13. ↑ "Late Pliocene (Late Blancan) vertebrates from the St. Petersburg Times site, Pinellas County, Florida, with a brief review of Florida Blancan faunas | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  14. ↑ "Neohipparion". Florida Museum. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  15. ↑ Woodburne, M. O. (2005). "A New Occurrence of Cormohipparion, with Implications for the Old World Hippotherium Datum". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25: 256–257. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0256:ANOOCW]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0272-4634. S2CID   86241044.
  16. ↑ Bravo-Cuevas, V. M.; Ferrusquía-Villafranca, I. (2008). "Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Middle Miocene of Oaxaca, Southeastern Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 243–250. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[243:CMPEFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0272-4634. S2CID   131613568.
  17. ↑ Skinner, Morris F.; MacFadden, Bruce J. (1977). "Cormohipparion n. gen. (Mammalia, Equidae) from the North American Miocene (Barstovian-Clarendonian)". Journal of Paleontology. 51 (5): 912–926. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   1303763.
  18. ↑ Bravo-Cuevas, Victor Manuel; Ferrusquía-Villafranca, Ismael (2008). "Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Middle Miocene of Oaxaca, Southeastern Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (1): 243–250. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[243:CMPEFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0272-4634. JSTOR   30126348. S2CID   131613568.
  19. ↑ Hulbert, Richard C. (1988). "A New Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Pliocene (Latest Hemphillian and Blancan) of Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (4): 451–468. Bibcode:1988JVPal...7..451H. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011675. ISSN   0272-4634. JSTOR   4523166.
  20. ↑ MacFadden, Bruce J.; Skinner, Morris F. (1981). "Earliest Holarctic Hipparion, Cormohipparion goorisi n. sp. (Mammalia, Equidae), from the Barstovian (Medial Miocene) Texas Gulf Coastal Plain". Journal of Paleontology. 55 (3): 619–627. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   1304276.
  21. ↑ WHISTLER, DAVID P.; BURBANK, DOUGLAS W. (1992-06-01). "Miocene biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California, and characterization of the Clarendonian mammal age (late Miocene) in California" . GSA Bulletin. 104 (6): 644–658. Bibcode:1992GSAB..104..644W. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<0644:MBABOT>2.3.CO;2. ISSN   0016-7606.
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