Eurygnathohippus is an extinct genus of hipparionine horse.[2][1] The majority of known fossils of members of this genus were discovered in Africa, where members of this genus lived during the late Miocene to Pleistocene interval.[1][3] Fossils of Eurygnathohippus were also reported from the late Pliocene sediments of the Potwar Plateau in Pakistan and the Siwalik Hills in northwest India.[4]
Eurygnathohippus Temporal range: Late Miocene-Pleistocene,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
Genus: | †Eurygnathohippus Haughton, 1932 |
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References
edit- ^ a b c 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. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33.1472B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.829741. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86225938.
- ^ Armour-Chelu, M.; Bernor, R. L. (2011). "Equidae". Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 295–326. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_12. ISBN 978-90-481-9961-7.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Eurygnathohippus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Advait Mahesh Jukar; Boyang Sun; Avinash C. Nanda; Raymond L. Bernor (2019). "The first occurrence of Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen, 1930 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) outside Africa and its biogeographic significance". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 58 (2): 171–179. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2019.13.