Pseudhipparion is an extinct genus of three-toed horse endemic to North America during the early to late Miocene.[1][2][3][4][5] They were herding animals whose diet consisted of C3 plants, implying that they were grazers. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Fossils of Pseudhipparion have been found in Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Montana, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, and South Dakota indicate that it was a lightweight horse, weighing up to 90 pounds (40 kilograms).[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][excessive citations] In 2005, fossils were unearthed in Oklahoma.[22] Seven species of Pseudhipparion are known from the fossil record, which were very small, following the trend of Bergmann's rule.[23]

Pseudhipparion
Temporal range: BarstovianHemphillian
~15.97–5.3 Ma
Pseudhipparion retrusum skull, Museo di Paleontologia di Firenze
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe: Hipparionini
Genus: Pseudhipparion
Ameghino, 1904
Species
  • P. curtivallum (Quinn, 1955)
  • P. gratum (Leidy, 1869)
  • P. hessei Webb and Hulbert, Jr., 1986
  • P. retrusum (Cope, 1889) (type)
  • P. simpsoni Webb and Hulbert, Jr., 1986
  • P. skinneri Webb and Hulbert, Jr., 1986

References

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