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Sinohippus

Sinohippus is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae.

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Sinohippus
Sinohippus zitteli skull, American Museum of Natural History
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Anchitheriinae
Genus: Sinohippus
Zhai, 1962
Species
  • S. sampelayoi
  • S. zitteli
Holotype of S. sampelayoi source ↗
Fragment of a S. sampelayoi maxilla source ↗

Sinohippus ("Chinese horse") is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae.1

References

References

  1. Forstén, A. M. "The taxonomic status of the Miocene horse genus Sinohippus." Palaeontology 25.3 (1982): 673.