''Hippotherium'' is an extinct

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horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...

that lived in during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

through

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Mya, existing for .

Species

The type species, ''H. primigenius'', is known from Miocene deposits in Europe and the Middle East, while the species ''H. koenigswaldi'' and ''H. catalaunicum'' have been found in Miocene deposits in Spain. The Asian hipparionin ''"Hipparion" weihoense'' from early Late Miocene deposits in northern China has also been referred to the genus.Raymond L. Bernor; Shiqi Wang; Yan Liu; Yu Chen; Boyang Sun (2018). "Shanxihippus dermatorhinus comb. nov. with comparisons to old world hipparions with specialized nasal apparati". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 124 (2): 361–386. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/10202.

Fossil distribution

*Doue-la-Fontaine

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estimated age: ~13.65—7.25 Mya. *Lower Bakhtiari Formation, northern

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, estimated age: ~11.6—9.0 Mya. *Kurtchuk-Tchekmedje,

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estimated age: ~11.61—5.33 Mya.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3785745 Miocene horses Neogene mammals of Europe Neogene mammals of Africa Neogene mammals of Asia Miocene odd-toed ungulates Pliocene horses Pliocene extinctions Prehistoric placental genera Miocene genus first appearances Fossil taxa described in 1832