Pseudhipparion is an extinct
genus of three-toed
horse endemic to
North America during the
Miocene.[1][2][3][4] They were herding animals whose diet consisted of C3 plants.[5][6][7] Fossils found in
Georgia and
Florida indicate that it was a lightweight horse, weighing up to 90 pounds (40 kilograms).[8] In 2005, fossils were unearthed in
Oklahoma.[9] Seven species of Pseudhipparion are known from the fossil record which were very small, following the trend of
Bergmann's rule.[10]
References
^Hulbert, R. C.; Czaplewski, N. J.; Webb, S. D. (2005). "New records of Pseudhipparion simpsoni (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Hemphillian of Oklahoma and Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (3): 737.
doi:
10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0737:NROPSM]2.0.CO;2.
S2CID129964988.
Pseudhipparion is an extinct
genus of three-toed
horse endemic to
North America during the
Miocene.[1][2][3][4] They were herding animals whose diet consisted of C3 plants.[5][6][7] Fossils found in
Georgia and
Florida indicate that it was a lightweight horse, weighing up to 90 pounds (40 kilograms).[8] In 2005, fossils were unearthed in
Oklahoma.[9] Seven species of Pseudhipparion are known from the fossil record which were very small, following the trend of
Bergmann's rule.[10]
References
^Hulbert, R. C.; Czaplewski, N. J.; Webb, S. D. (2005). "New records of Pseudhipparion simpsoni (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Hemphillian of Oklahoma and Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (3): 737.
doi:
10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0737:NROPSM]2.0.CO;2.
S2CID129964988.