Eurygnathohippus Explained

Eurygnathohippus is an extinct genus of hipparionine horse.[1] The majority of known fossils of members of this genus were discovered in Africa, where members of this genus lived during the late Miocene to Pleistocene interval.[2] Fossils of Eurygnathohippus were also reported from the late Pliocene sediments of the Potwar Plateau in Pakistan and the Siwalik Hills in northwest India.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Armour-Chelu . M. . Bernor . R. L. . 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_12 . Equidae . Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context . Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology . 295–326 . 2011 . 978-90-481-9961-7 .
  2. Web site: Fossilworks: Eurygnathohippus. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
  3. Advait Mahesh Jukar . Boyang Sun . Avinash C. Nanda . Raymond L. Bernor . 2019 . The first occurrence of Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen, 1930 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) outside Africa and its biogeographic significance . Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana . 58 . 2 . 171–179 . 10.4435/BSPI.2019.13 .

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