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Sifrhippus
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sifrhippus is an extinct genus of equid containing the species S. sandrae. Sifrhippus is the oldest known equid, living during the early Eocene.[1] Its fossils were discovered in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming.[2][3]
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Skeleton at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | †Sifrhippus Froehlich, 2002 |
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