Onohippidium
Onohippidium Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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Onohippidium munizi skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | Equini |
Genus: | Onohippidium |
Onohippidium (onos 'donkey' + hippidium 'small horse') is an extinct genus of horse that lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene.[1]
References
- ↑ MacFadden, B. J. (1997). "Pleistocene horses from Tarija, Bolivia, and validity of the genus †Onohippidium (Mammalia: Equidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17: 199–199. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010964.
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