Hippotherium
| Hippotherium Temporal range: 15–2 Ma | |
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| Skeleton of Hippotherium primigenium, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Tribe: | Hipparionini |
| Genus: | Hippotherium Kaup, 1832 |
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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]
- Specimen: 61.5 kg (140 lb)
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
- Doue-la-Fontaine France estimated age: ~13.65—7.25 Mya.
- Lower Bakhtiari Formation, northern Iraq, estimated age: ~11.6—9.0 Mya.
- Kurtchuk-Tchekmedje, Turkey estimated age: ~11.61—5.33 Mya.
- Lang. E Quarry-GM aka ETE Locality 1042, Langebaanweg, "E Quarry, GM", South Africa.
References
- ↑ 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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