Megahippus
Megahippus Temporal range: Barstovian to Late Clarendonian
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Megahippus mckennai fossils | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | †Anchitheriinae |
Genus: | †Megahippus McGrew, 1938 |
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Megahippus is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae. As with other members of this subfamily, Megahippus is more primitive than the living horses. Fossil remains of Megahippus have been found across the U.S., from Montana to Florida.
Teeth
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Categories:
- Miocene horses
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Miocene odd-toed ungulates
- Miocene mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1938
- Horse stubs
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulate stubs