Onohippidium

Onohippidium
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Onohippidium munizi skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe: Equini
Genus: Onohippidium
Restoration

Onohippidium (onos 'donkey' + hippidium 'small horse') is an extinct genus of horse that lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene.[1]

References

  1. MacFadden, B. J. (1997). "Pleistocene horses from Tarija, Bolivia, and validity of the genus †Onohippidium (Mammalia: Equidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17: 199–199. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010964.
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