Anchitherium
| Anchitherium Temporal range:[1]
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| Anchitherium aurelianense,Hypohippus equinus,Merychippus sejunctus,andM. sphenodusfossils in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anchitheriinae |
| Genus: | †Anchitherium von Meyer,1844 |
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| Anchitherium ezquerrae | |
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Anchitherium(meaningnear beast) was afossilhorsewith a three-toedhoof.
Anchitheriumwas abrowsing(leafeating) horse that originated in the earlyMioceneofNorth Americaand subsequently dispersed toEuropeandAsia,[3][4]where it gave rise to the larger bodied genusSinohippus.[1]It was around 60centimetres(6.0hands) high at the shoulder, and probably represented a side-branch of horse evolution that left no modern descendants.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abcSalesa, M.J., Sánchez, I.M., and Morales, J. 2004.Presence of the Asian horseSinohippusin the Miocene of Europe.Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 49(2):189-196.
- ^Sánchez, I.M., Salesa, M.J., and Morales, J. 1998.Revisión sistemática del géneroAnchitheriumMeyer, 1834 (Equidae; Perissodactyla) en España.Estudios Geológicos, 55(1-2):1-37
- ^abYe, J.; W.-Y. Wu; J. Meng (2005)."Anchitherium(Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Halamagai Formation of Northern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang ".Vertebrata PalAsiatica.43(2): 100–109.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-10-12.(in Chinese with English summary).
- ^abMacFadden, B.J. 2001. Three-toed browsing horseAnchitherium clarenceifrom the early Miocene (Hemingfordian) Thomas Farm, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 43(3):79-109.
- ^Palmer, D., ed. (1999).The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals.London: Marshall Editions. p. 274.ISBN1-84028-152-9.
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