Biology:Proboscidipparion
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Proboscidipparion | |
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| Skulls of Proboscidipparion pater | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
| Genus: | †Proboscidipparion Sefve, 1927 |
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†P. heintzi | |
Proboscidipparion is an extinct genus of horse that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene around 7.1 - 4 million years ago.[1] It is known for having a rather elongated skull, in which some speculate to have had a proboscis similar to a tapir.[2] Fossils have been found throughout Eurasia, from England to China .[3][4]
References
- ↑ Bernor, Raymond L.; Sen, Sevket (2017-06-01). "The Early Pliocene Plesiohipparion and Proboscidipparion (Equidae, Hipparionini) from Çalta, Turkey (Ruscinian Age, c. 4.0 Ma)". Geodiversitas 39 (2): 285–314. doi:10.5252/g2017n2a7. ISSN 1280-9659. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/g2017n2a7.
- ↑ "Proboscidipparion pater". https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Proboscidipparion-pater.
- ↑ Sciences, Chinese Academy of. "Skull of Three-Toed Horse Found" (in en-gb). ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/skull-of-hipparion-proboscidipparion-found-from-the-early-pleistocene-of-longdan-northwestern-china.
- ↑ Wang, Xiaoming (2013-05-14) (in en). Fossil Mammals of Asia: Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231520829. https://books.google.com/books?id=vRpHAAAAQBAJ&q=proboscidipparion+pater&pg=PA76.
Wikidata ☰ Q15053182 entry
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