Nannippus

Nannippus is an extinct genus of three-toed horse endemic to North America during the Miocene through Pleistocene, about 13.3—1.8 million years ago (Mya), living around 11.5 million years. This ancient species of three-toed horse grew up to 3.5 feet and weighed between 165 pounds to 199 pounds, which was around the same size as a domestic sheep.

Nannippus

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 13.82 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 175 occurrencesMiocene — about 89 of 175 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 56 of 175 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 30 of 175 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–12 Mya — about 6 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 6 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 6 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 6 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 11 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 11 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 11 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 11 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 11 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 11 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 18 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 17 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 17 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 18 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 5 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences13.82 Mya2.58 Mya23.5 Mya0 Mya

175 occurrences of Nannippus 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

175 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

32 formations

Ash Hollow — 40.50°N, 100.50°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 41.30°N, 101.89°WAsh Hollow — 41.40°N, 102.40°WAsh Hollow — 42.63°N, 100.05°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°WOgallala — 36.80°N, 100.50°WOgallala — 36.70°N, 101.40°WOgallala — 38.90°N, 101.70°WOgallala — 37.20°N, 99.90°WOgallala — 39.08°N, 99.77°WOgallala — 35.79°N, 99.65°WOgallala — 36.78°N, 100.37°WSt. David — 32.00°N, 110.20°WSt. David — 31.97°N, 110.30°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.40°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 81.30°WTamiami — 27.37°N, 82.45°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 80.80°WTamiami — 26.50°N, 81.80°WTamiami — 27.78°N, 82.68°WBone Valley — 27.70°N, 82.50°WBone Valley — 27.90°N, 81.80°WBone Valley — 27.50°N, 82.50°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.08°N, 100.67°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.10°N, 100.80°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.20°N, 100.70°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.03°N, 100.75°WBallard — 37.20°N, 100.30°WCamp Rice — 32.00°N, 106.70°WCamp Rice — 31.50°N, 105.20°WCamp Rice — 32.65°N, 107.23°WSnake Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WArcadia — 27.80°N, 82.80°WArcadia — 27.29°N, 82.53°WGila Conglomerate — 32.84°N, 110.00°WGila Conglomerate — 32.70°N, 109.10°WGila Conglomerate — 32.70°N, 109.00°WRexroad — 37.20°N, 100.30°WRexroad — 37.13°N, 100.48°WBlanco — 33.70°N, 101.10°WBlanco — 28.53°N, 97.74°WLove — 31.50°N, 105.20°WStatenville — 30.40°N, 83.00°WGoliad — 28.60°N, 97.70°WGoliad — 28.49°N, 97.67°WFleming — 30.70°N, 94.70°WFleming — 30.61°N, 95.15°WTemecula Arkose — 33.90°N, 117.00°WCitronelle — 30.79°N, 88.10°WCitronelle — 30.92°N, 91.55°WWaccamaw — 33.67°N, 79.83°WWaccamaw — 33.00°N, 80.18°WChapala — 20.32°N, 103.19°WBridwell — 33.70°N, 101.10°W

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The named rock units Nannippus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 8 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 74 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nannippus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Nannippus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,410 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 170 sites for Nannippus, 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

74 references

Each of the 175 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. 62 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 content3

Picture of Nannippus

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Conty
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CC BY 3.0
Commercial use
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CT scan

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not stated by the source
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Specimen
Nannippus aztecus · UF:VP:302417

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC Attribution
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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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Everything alive alongside itHipparionini through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Matthew 1926)