Cremohipparion
| Cremohipparion Temporal range: Mid Miocene to Pliocene, 23–3.6 Ma | |
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| C. mediterraneumskull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Cremohipparion Qiu et al. 1987 |
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Cremohipparion is an extinct genus of horse living in Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene through Pliocene.
Its habitat or biome consisted of non-forested, grassy plains, shortgrass prairie or steppes.
Taxonomy
Cremohipparion was originally coined as a subgenus of Hipparion for a number of Eurasian species traditionally referred to Hipparion.[1] Later, Bernor and Tobien (1989) elevated Cremohipparion to full generic status in their description of small hipparionin specimens from Samos, Greece.[2]
References
- ↑ QIU, Z., HUANG. W. AND GUO, Z., 1987. The Chinese hipparionine fossils (In Chinese, with an English summary). Paleontol. Sin., N.S., C.25: 1-243.
- ↑ Bernor R.L.; Tobien H., 1989: Two small species of cremohipparion equidae mammalia from samos greece. Mitteilungen Der Bayerischen Staatssammlung Fuer Palaeontologie Und Historische Geologie.(29): 207-226
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