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Scaphohippus

Scaphohippus
Temporal range: Early to middle Miocene
Scaphohippus sumani jaw
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database Scaphohippus entry
  2. ^ 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.

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