Temporal range: Late Pliocene-Holocene (Uquian-Lujanian) ~2.5–0.011 Ma
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H. principale skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Equidae
Subfamily:
Equinae
Tribe:
Equini
Genus:
†Hippidion Owen, 1869
Species
H. principale (Lund, 1846) (type)
H. saldiasi Roth, 1899
H. devillei (Gervais, 1855)
Synonyms
HipphaplousAmeghino 1882
HipphaplusAmeghino 1882
OnohippidionFilhol 1888
OnohippidiumMoreno 1891
ParahipparionAmeghino 1904
Hippidion (meaning little horse) is an extinct genus of equine that lived in South America from the Late Pliocene to the end of the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian), between 2.5 million and 11,000 years ago. They were one of two lineages of equines native to South America during the Pleistocene epoch, alongside Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus.
Hippidion (meaning little horse) is an extinct genus of equine that lived in South America from the Late Pliocene to the end of the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)...
zebras of the genus Equus, with two other genera Haringtonhippus and Hippidion becoming extinct at the beginning of the Holocene, around 11-12,000 years...
and evolved into the form currently referred to as Hippidion ~2.5 million years ago. Hippidion is thus only distantly related to the morphologically...
their arrival to the region, they would have encountered native equines (Hippidion), the large ground sloth Mylodon, saber toothed cats (Smilodon) the extinct...
gomphothere (elephant-relative) Notiomastodon, the equines Equus neogeus and Hippidion, and the glyptodonts (car-sized relatives of armadillos) Glyptodon and...
saber-toothed cats, ground sloths, glyptodonts, gomphotheres, the equines Hippidion and Equus neogeus, and all remaining South American native ungulates....
†Equus major †Equus giganteus †Equus pectinatus †Equus crenidens Genus †Hippidion Genus †Onohippidium Genus †Pliohippus Although the plains and mountain...
† Haringtonhippus North America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago Genus: † Hippidion South America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago Genus: † Onohippidium Genus:...
Haringtonhippus. The genus is phylogenetically closer to Equus than to Hippidion. It is estimated to have diverged from modern Equus around 4.1–5.7 million...
known to be directly associated with Fishtail points include the equine Hippidion saldiasi and llama Lama gracilis (which appears to be closely related/possibly...
a variety of large mammals, including the ground sloth Mylodon, horse Hippidion, and camelid Lama. Near his farm in mountains in Última Esperanza Province...
analysis found it to be more closely related to living Equus than to Hippidion or Dinohippus, but outside the group containing all living equines. Some...
represent 5 taxa due to morphological variability, and several species of Hippidion, which also lie outside the group containing all living horses. (It had...
However, recent studies of the DNA of Hippidion and other New World Pleistocene horses indicate that Hippidion is actually a member of Equus, closely...
consisting of three genetically divergent species: the South American Hippidion, the North American New World stilt-legged horse, and Equus, the true...
6810-6650 BCE South America Glyptodon sp. 6660-4880 BCE Eastern South America Hippidion saldiasi 8059 BCE Eastern South America Hoplophorus euphractus 6660-4880...
large share. Other finds belong to camels such as Lama, horses such as Hippidion or South American ungulates such as Macrauchenia, in addition, several...
massive proboscidean Notiomastodon, and the equids Equus neogeus and Hippidion. Various artiodactyls have been recorded, including the peccaries Catagonus...
(880 lb). They were one of two groups of equines in South America, alongside Hippidion. Fossils have been recovered from the Tarija Formation of Bolivia, the...
Sarkissian, C. et al. (2015). Mitochondrial genomes reveal the extinct Hippidion as an outgroup to all living equids. Biology Letters, 11(3), 20141058...
Piauhytherium, the macraucheniid litoptern Xenorhinotherium and equids such as Hippidion principale and Equus neogaeus. Toxodontids were large mixed feeders as...
Piauhytherium, the macraucheniid litoptern Xenorhinotherium and equids such as Hippidion principale and Equus neogaeus. Toxodontids were large mixed feeders as...