Temporal range: Early to middle Miocene 20.6–13.6 Ma
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Scaphohippus sumani jaw
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Equidae
Subfamily:
Equinae
Genus:
†Scaphohippus Pagnac 2006
Species
S. intermontanus
S. sumani
Scaphohippus is an extinct Miocene genus of equine, with two known species, known from fossils found in California, New Mexico, Montana, and Nebraska.[1][2]
^The Paleobiology Database Scaphohippus entry
^Pagnac, Darrin (2006). "Scaphohippus, a new genus of horse (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Barstow Formation of California". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 13 (1): 37–61. doi:10.1007/s10914-005-9002-2. S2CID 24323112.
Formation, the two species of Scaphohippus occur with only one other hypsodont horse, Acritohippus stylodontus. Scaphohippus apparently developed on the...
and the Hipparionini, as well as two unplaced genera, Merychippus and Scaphohippus. Members of the family ancestrally had three toes, while members of the...
†Parahippus Genus †Sinohippus Subfamily Equinae Genus †Merychippus Genus †Scaphohippus Genus †Acritohippus Tribe †Hipparionini Genus †Eurygnathohippus Genus...
Hippotherium Genus Merychippus Genus Parahippus Genus Pliohippus Genus Scaphohippus Superfamily Rhinocerotoidea Family Amynodontidae (hippo-rhinos) Subfamily...
Scaphinotus †Scaphinotus interruptus †Scaphohippus †Scaphohippus intermontanus – type locality for species †Scaphohippus sumani – type locality for species...
of extinct horses, based on data from footprints likely produced by Scaphohippus intermontanus and Equus conversidens, is published by Vincelette (2021)...