Biology:Neohipparion
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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| Skeleton of N. leptode at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
| Genus: | †Neohipparion Gidley, 1903 |
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| Neohipparion affine (Leidy, 1869)
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Neohipparion (Greek: "new" (neos), "pony" (hipparion)[1]) is an extinct genus of equid,[2] from the Neogene (Miocene to Pliocene) of North America and Central America.[3][4] This prehistoric species of equid grew up to lengths of 4.5 to 5 ft (1.4 to 1.5 m) long.[5]
References
- ↑ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary.
- ↑ Clementz, M. T. (2012). "New insight from old bones: Stable isotope analysis of fossil mammals". Journal of Mammalogy 93 (2): 368–380. doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-S-179.1.
- ↑ "Neohipparion eurystyle" (in en-US). 2017-03-31. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/neohipparion-eurystyle/.
- ↑ "Neohipparion" (in en-US). 2018-02-16. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fossil-horses/gallery/neohipparion/.
- ↑ Hulbert, Richard C. (July 1987). "Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas". Journal of Paleontology 61 (4): 809–830. doi:10.1017/s0022336000029152. ISSN 0022-3360. Bibcode: 1987JPal...61..809H. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000029152.
Wikidata ☰ Q6993004 entry
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