Desmatippus
| Desmatippus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | †Desmatippus Scott 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Desmatippus crenidens | |
| Species | |
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Desmatippus is an extinct, three-toed, browsing member of the Equidae. It lived in what is now North America during the Miocene period (about 23 mya to 5 mya). Desmatippus was 60 cm height and 20 kg in weight.[1]
References
- ↑ Bruce J. MacFadden (1994). Fossil Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47708-6.
- Desmatippus in the Paleobiology Database
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