| Cremohipparion | |
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| C. mediterraneum skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | † Cremohipparion Qiu Zhanxiang, Huang Weilong & Guo Zhihui, 1987 [1] |
| Species | |
Cremohipparion is an extinct genus of equid that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene through Pliocene.
Its habitat or biome consisted of non-forested, grassy plains, shortgrass prairie or steppes.
Cremohipparion was originally coined as a subgenus of Hipparion for a number of Eurasian species. [1] Later, Bernor and Tobien (1989) elevated Cremohipparion to full generic status in their description of small hipparionin specimens from Samos, Greece. [2]