Eurygnathohippus Temporal range:
Late Miocene-
Pleistocene,
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H. afarense skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | † Hipparionini |
Genus: | †
Eurygnathohippus Haughton, 1932 |
Species | |
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Eurygnathohippus is an extinct genus of hipparionine horse. [2] [1] The majority of known fossils of members of this genus were discovered in Africa, where members of this genus lived during the late Miocene to Pleistocene interval. [1] [3] Fossils of Eurygnathohippus were also reported from the late Pliocene sediments of the Potwar Plateau in Pakistan and the Siwalik Hills in northwest India. [4]
Eurygnathohippus Temporal range:
Late Miocene-
Pleistocene,
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H. afarense skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | † Hipparionini |
Genus: | †
Eurygnathohippus Haughton, 1932 |
Species | |
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Eurygnathohippus is an extinct genus of hipparionine horse. [2] [1] The majority of known fossils of members of this genus were discovered in Africa, where members of this genus lived during the late Miocene to Pleistocene interval. [1] [3] Fossils of Eurygnathohippus were also reported from the late Pliocene sediments of the Potwar Plateau in Pakistan and the Siwalik Hills in northwest India. [4]