Eurygnathohippus
| Eurygnathohippus | |
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| H. afarense skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Eurygnathohippus Haughton, 1932 |
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H. afarense mandible
Eurygnathohippus is an extinct genus of hipparionine horse.[2][1] It was limited to Africa, during the late Miocene to Pleistocene interval.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 Bernor, Raymond L.; Gilbert, Henry; Semprebon, Gina M.; Simpson, Scott; Semaw, Sileshi (2013). "Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli, sp. nov. (Perissodactyla, Mammalia), from the middle Pliocene of Aramis, Ethiopia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (6): 1472–1485. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.829741. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ↑ Armour-Chelu, M.; Bernor, R. L. (2011). "Equidae". Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. p. 295. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_12. ISBN 978-90-481-9961-7.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Eurygnathohippus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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