Equoidea

Equoidea is a superfamily of hippomorph perissodactyls containing the Equidae, Palaeotheriidae, and other basal equoids of unclear affinities, of which members of the genus Equus are the only extant species. The earliest fossil record of the Equoidea proves unclear, but they possibly could have originated during the late Paleocene in Europe or Asia. Definite fossil records of equoids are recorded by the earliest Eocene, in which the earliest equids in North America and basal equoids of unclear affinities in Europe both appeared. Palaeotheres are thought to have originated later in the early Eocene of Europe, although some researchers disagree on whether the subfamily Pachynolophinae belongs to the Palaeotheriidae.

Equoidea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PerissodactylaPBDB
Diet
browser, grazerPBDB, for Perissodactyla
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Perissodactyla
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 51.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 7193 occurrencesEocene — about 1478 of 7193 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 147 of 7193 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 2876 of 7193 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 635 of 7193 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1994 of 7193 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 128 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 310 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 310 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 91 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 53 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 63 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 50 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 50 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 75 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 94 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 105 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 125 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 62 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 29 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 21 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 20 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 19 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 29 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 75 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 79 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 184 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 317 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 391 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 451 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 535 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 394 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 371 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 392 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 771 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 1601 occurrences51.1 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

7,193 occurrences of Equoidea on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

7,193 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

540 formations

Willwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 109.93°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.80°N, 109.10°WWillwood — 44.62°N, 108.50°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.86°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.69°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.49°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.66°N, 108.53°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.57°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.33°N, 108.77°WWillwood — 44.35°N, 108.75°WWillwood — 44.16°N, 107.87°WWillwood — 44.15°N, 107.87°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 41.20°N, 101.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.39°N, 98.10°WAsh Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 42.60°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.70°N, 103.10°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 105.10°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 43.40°N, 100.60°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 43.30°N, 102.50°WAsh Hollow — 41.10°N, 103.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 42.81°N, 100.05°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 40.10°N, 98.50°WValentine — 42.90°N, 98.80°WValentine — 43.20°N, 99.80°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WValentine — 42.70°N, 102.50°WShungura — 5.04°N, 36.00°EShungura — 5.08°N, 36.03°EShungura — 5.15°N, 36.04°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.39°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EDeBeque — 40.00°N, 107.90°WDeBeque — 39.20°N, 108.20°WDeBeque — 39.70°N, 107.60°WWasatch — 40.60°N, 108.10°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 42.70°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 107.00°WWasatch — 41.20°N, 110.50°WWasatch — 40.00°N, 107.90°WWasatch — 41.75°N, 108.00°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.86°N, 110.78°WWasatch — 41.83°N, 110.75°WWasatch — 41.85°N, 110.75°WPeace River — 27.90°N, 81.80°WPeace River — 27.00°N, 82.20°WPeace River — 27.50°N, 82.50°WPeace River — 27.68°N, 81.95°WPeace River — 27.81°N, 81.91°WPalm Spring — 32.90°N, 117.10°WBarstow — 34.80°N, 117.00°WBarstow — 35.07°N, 117.08°WBarstow — 35.05°N, 117.07°W"unnamed sandstone" — 33.90°N, 117.00°WMascall — 44.20°N, 120.50°WMascall — 44.90°N, 120.20°WMascall — 44.70°N, 121.20°WMascall — 44.50°N, 119.30°WMascall — 44.52°N, 119.67°WMascall — 44.00°N, 120.13°WFleming — 30.72°N, 95.28°WFleming — 29.70°N, 96.70°WFleming — 31.00°N, 93.67°WFleming — 30.61°N, 95.13°WFleming — 31.10°N, 93.10°WFleming — 30.59°N, 94.91°WFleming — 30.70°N, 94.70°WFleming — 30.50°N, 95.00°WFleming — 29.80°N, 96.90°WFleming — 30.30°N, 95.70°WFleming — 31.00°N, 93.40°WFleming — 31.05°N, 93.21°WOgallala — 36.80°N, 100.50°WOgallala — 39.80°N, 99.40°WOgallala — 36.70°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 35.70°N, 102.30°WOgallala — 38.90°N, 101.70°WOgallala — 37.20°N, 99.90°WOgallala — 39.08°N, 99.77°WOgallala — 43.20°N, 107.10°WOgallala — 35.68°N, 99.60°WOgallala — 39.02°N, 99.52°WOgallala — 35.83°N, 99.98°WOgallala — 35.88°N, 99.85°WOgallala — 35.77°N, 99.84°WOgallala — 35.79°N, 99.65°WOgallala — 35.79°N, 99.61°WOgallala — 35.62°N, 99.84°WOgallala — 35.51°N, 99.74°WOgallala — 36.78°N, 100.37°WOgallala — 35.40°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 39.95°N, 99.53°WGoliad — 28.60°N, 97.70°WGoliad — 28.34°N, 97.96°WGoliad — 28.53°N, 97.74°WGoliad — 28.70°N, 97.39°WWood Mountain — 49.20°N, 106.20°WWood Mountain — 49.17°N, 105.99°WWind River — 44.00°N, 106.60°WWind River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.33°WOlcott — 42.40°N, 103.80°WOlcott — 42.19°N, 103.73°WNachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 4.15°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.67°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.19°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 4.00°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 3.93°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.43°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°EBrule — 42.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 40.80°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.90°N, 102.40°WBrule — 43.30°N, 102.50°WBrule — 46.90°N, 102.80°WBrule — 43.20°N, 103.20°WBrule — 42.00°N, 104.20°WBrule — 43.85°N, 102.50°WBrule — 43.60°N, 102.45°WBrule — 46.40°N, 103.30°WBrule — 43.50°N, 101.90°WBrule — 41.70°N, 103.10°WBrule — 43.75°N, 101.47°WBopesta — 35.19°N, 118.28°WBopesta — 35.30°N, 118.50°WBopesta — 35.18°N, 118.24°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.22°N, 109.72°WBridger — 42.70°N, 110.10°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.77°N, 110.33°WBridger — 41.37°N, 109.82°WBridger — 41.08°N, 110.10°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WAlachua — 29.80°N, 82.10°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.40°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°WCaliente — 35.10°N, 120.00°WCaliente — 34.30°N, 119.00°W

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The named rock units Equoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 516 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,783 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Equoidea and its relatives

Miocene

Where Equoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

636 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,156 sites for Equoidea, and this reads 240 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

1,588 references

Each of the 7,193 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. 1,576 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 content1

Picture of Equoidea

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ДиБгд
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Equoidea was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hay 1902