Hipparion theniusi Melentis 1969 (hipparionine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: J. K. Melentis. 1969. Die Pikermi-Fauna von Halmyropotamos (Euböa, Griechenland)–1. Teil: Odontologie und Kraniologie. Annales Geologiques des Pays Helléniques 29:283-411

Belongs to Hipparion according to J. K. Melentis 1969

Sister taxa: Hipparion (Proboscidipparion), Hipparion campbelli, Hipparion chiai, Hipparion concudense, Hipparion condoni, Hipparion crassum, Hipparion depereti, Hipparion dietrichi, Hipparion fissurae, Hipparion forcei, Hipparion gettyi, Hipparion gromovae, Hipparion laromae, Hipparion longipes, Hipparion macedonicum, Hipparion matthewi, Hipparion mediterraneum, Hipparion minus, Hipparion molayanense, Hipparion periafricanum, Hipparion phlegrae, Hipparion prostylum, Hipparion richthofeni, Hipparion rocinantis, Hipparion sellardsi, Hipparion shirleyae, Hipparion sitifense, Hipparion tehonense, Hipparion weihoense

Type specimen: AMPG 1967/151, a set of teeth (left tooth row with P3-M3). Its type locality is Halmyropotamos, which is in a Turolian terrestrial claystone in Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Halmyropotamos

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