Pseudhipparion

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Pseudhipparion
Temporal range: BarstovianHemphillian
~15.97–5.3  Ma
Pseudohipparion retrusus.JPG
Pseudhipparion retrusum skull, Museo di Paleontologia di Firenze
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe: Hipparionini
Genus: Pseudhipparion
Ameghino, 1904
Species
  • P. curtivallum (Quinn, 1955)
  • P. gratum (Leidy, 1869)
  • P. hessei Webb and Hulbert, Jr., 1986
  • P. retrusum (Cope, 1889) (type)
  • P. simpsoni Webb and Hulbert, Jr., 1986
  • P. skinneri Webb and Hulbert, Jr., 1986

Pseudhipparion is an extinct genus of three-toed horse endemic to North America during the Miocene. [1] [2] [3] [4] They were herding animals whose diet consisted of C3 plants. [5] [6] [7] Fossils found in Georgia and Florida indicate that it was a lightweight horse, weighing up to 90 pounds (40 kilograms). [8] In 2005, fossils were unearthed in Oklahoma. [9] Seven species of Pseudhipparion are known from the fossil record which were very small, following the trend of Bergmann's rule. [10]

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