Pseudhipparion
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Pseudhipparion retrusum skull, Museo di Paleontologia di Firenze | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
Genus: | †Pseudhipparion Ameghino, 1904 |
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