Eurygnathohippus

Eurygnathohippus

H. afarense skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	Eurygnathohippus Haughton, 1932
Species
H. afarense E. albertense E. baardi E. cornelianus E. hasumense E. libycum E. namaquense E. turkanense E. woldegabriel^[1]

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]

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.

Genera of extinct Equidae (Horse family), arranged by subfamily

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Infraclass Eutheria Superorder Laurasiatheria Order Perissodactyla

"Hyracotheriinae"	Epihippus Eohippus Haplohippus Heptaconodon Pliolophus Protorohippus Orohippus Xenicohippus

Anchitheriinae	Anchitherium Archaeohippus Desmatippus Hypohippus Kalobatippus Megahippus Mesohippus Miohippus Parahippus Sinohippus

Equinae	Merychippus Tribe Hipparionini: Cremohipparion Cormohipparion Eurygnathohippus Hipparion Hippotherium Nannippus Neohipparion Pseudhipparion Sivalhippus Tribe Equini: Astrohippus Calippus Dinohippus Equus Hippidion Onohippidium Pliohippus Protohippus

None	Acritohippus Heteropliohippus Parapliohippus Proboscidipparion

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