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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 ugly 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
'''''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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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=K1upTamSEW0C&dq=megahippus+kg&pg=PA284
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=K1upTamSEW0C&dq=megahippus+kg&pg=PA284

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Megahippus
Temporal range: 16.3–10.3 Ma Barstovian to Late Clarendonian
Megahippus mckennai fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Anchitheriinae
Genus: Megahippus
McGrew, 1938
Species
  • Megahippus matthewi
  • Megahippus mckennai

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.

Teeth

References

  1. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.