Sinohippus

Extinct genus of mammals

Sinohippus
Sinohippus sampelayoi holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Anchitheriinae
Genus: Sinohippus
Zhai, 1962
Species
  • S. sampelayoi
  • S. zitteli
Fragment of a S. sampelayoi maxilla

Sinohippus ("Chinese horse") is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae.[1]

References

  1. ^ Forstén, A. M. "The taxonomic status of the Miocene horse genus Sinohippus." Palaeontology 25.3 (1982): 673.
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Extinct genera of Equidae (Horse family), arranged by subfamily
  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Mammalia
  • Infraclass Eutheria
  • Superorder Laurasiatheria
  • Order Perissodactyla
Basal forms
AnchitheriinaeEquinae
Hipparionini
Equini
Taxon identifiers
Sinohippus


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