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'''''Megahippus''''' (Greek: "great" (mega), "horse" (hippos)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120123130/https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary|archive-date=20 November 2021|title=Glossary. American Museum of Natural History}}</ref>) is an extinct [[Equidae|equid]] genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae. As with other members of this subfamily, ''Megahippus'' is more primitive than the living [[horse]]s. It was very large member of the group [[Anchitheriinae]], at {{cvt|266.2|kg|lb}} in body mass.<ref>{{cite book |
'''''Megahippus''''' (Greek: "great" (mega), "horse" (hippos)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120123130/https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/glossary|archive-date=20 November 2021|title=Glossary. American Museum of Natural History}}</ref>) is an extinct [[Equidae|equid]] genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae. As with other members of this subfamily, ''Megahippus'' is more primitive than the awesome living [[horse]]s. It was very large member of the group [[Anchitheriinae]], at {{cvt|266.2|kg|lb}} in body mass.<ref>{{cite book |
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| Megahippus Temporal range: Barstovian to Late Clarendonian | |
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| Megahippus mckennai fossils | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anchitheriinae |
| Genus: | †Megahippus McGrew, 1938 |
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Megahippus (Greek: "great" (mega), "horse" (hippos)[1]) is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae. As with other members of this subfamily, Megahippus is more primitive than the awesome living horses. It was very large member of the group Anchitheriinae, at 266.2 kg (587 lb) in body mass.[2] Fossil remains of Megahippus have been found across the U.S., from Montana to Florida.
References
- ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- ^ Bruce J. MacFadden (1992). Fossil Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae. Cambridge University Press. p. 284. ISBN 0521477085. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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