''Megahippus'' (Greek: "great" (mega), "horse" (hippos)) is an extinct

equid Equidae (sometimes known as the horse family) is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, asses, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. All extant species are in the genus '' Equus' ...

genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae. As with other members of this subfamily, ''Megahippus'' is more primitive than the living

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 ...

s. It was very large member of the group

Anchitheriinae The Anchitheriinae are an extinct subfamily of the Perissodactyla family Equidae, the same family which includes modern horses, zebras and donkeys. This subfamily is more primitive than the living members of the family. The group first appeare ...

, at in body mass. Fossil remains of ''Megahippus'' have been found across the U.S., from

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

References

External links

Mikko's phylogeny archive

Paleobiology Database
Miocene horses Prehistoric placental genera Miocene odd-toed ungulates Miocene mammals of North America Fossil taxa described in 1938 {{paleo-oddtoedungulate-stub