Megahippus Temporal range: Barstovian to Late
Clarendonian
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Megahippus mckennai fossils | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | † Anchitheriinae |
Genus: | †
Megahippus McGrew, 1938 |
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Megahippus (Greek: "great" (mega), "horse" (hippos) [1]) is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae. As with other members of this subfamily, Megahippus is more primitive than the living horses. It was a very large member of the group Anchitheriinae, at 266.2 kg (587 lb) in body mass. [2] Fossil remains of Megahippus have been found across the U.S., from Montana to Florida.