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
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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