Hippotherium

Hippotherium
Temporal range: 15–2 Ma

Mid Miocene to Pliocene

Skeleton of Hippotherium primigenium, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Tribe: Hipparionini
Genus: Hippotherium
Kaup, 1832
Species

Hippotherium is an extinct genus of horse that lived in during the Miocene through Pliocene ~13.65—3.3 Mya, existing for 10.35 million years.

Morphology

Body mass

A single specimen was examined by M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist for body mass.[1]

Species

Jaw and teeth
Metapodial
Skull
Skeleton of H. primigenius

The only known species, H. primigenius is known from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Fossil distribution

References

  1. M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist. 2006. Estimating the body mass of extinct ungulates: a study on the use of multiple regression. Journal of Zoology 270(1):90-101
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