Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen 1930 (hipparionine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonym: Notohipparion Haughton 1932

Parent taxon: Hipparionini according to T. A. Franz-Odendaal et al. 2003

See also Prothero and Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: Cormohipparion, Hipparion, Hipparion anthonyi, Hippotherium, Hippotherium sinclairi, Nannippus, Neohipparion, Pseudhipparion

Subtaxa: Eurygnathohippus afarense Eurygnathohippus albertense Eurygnathohippus baardi Eurygnathohippus cornelianus Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eurygnathohippus libycum Eurygnathohippus namaquense Eurygnathohippus turkanense

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Type: Eurygnathohippus cornelianus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (31 collections), Kenya (10), South Africa (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (3), Kenya (1), South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Chad (3), Ethiopia (3), Kenya (14), Malawi (1), Morocco (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (11), Uganda (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (4), South Africa (4), Tanzania (3), Uganda (14)

• Miocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 112 collections including 120 occurrences

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