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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 |
'''''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 a 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 living horses. It was a 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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