Equini Temporal range: 15.97–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to present | |
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Przewalski's horse | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Subfamily: | Equinae |
Tribe: | Equini Quinn, 1955 |
Genera | |
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Equini is the only living tribe of the subfamily Equinae, which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the Hemingfordian stage of the Middle Miocene (16–0 mya). It is considered to be a monophyletic clade.
Taxonomy
Tribe: Equini
- Genus: † Astrohippus
- Genus: † Calippus
- Genus: † Dinohippus
- Genus: Equus – living horses, asses, and zebras
- Genus: † Haringtonhippus North America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago
- Genus: † Hippidion South America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago
- Genus: † Onohippidium
- Genus: † Pliohippus
- Genus: † Protohippus
References
- ^ "Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America
Extinct genera of Equidae (Horse family), arranged by subfamily | |||||||||
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Basal forms | |||||||||
Anchitheriinae | |||||||||
Equinae |
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Taxon identifiers | |
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