Hippidion principale Lund, 1846
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hippidium principale Lund, 1846; Equus principalis Lund, 1846; Onohippidium munizi Moreno, 1891; Hippidion angulatus Ameghino, 1889; Hippidion compressidens Ameghino, 1889
Conservation Status
Extinct if valid
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia & Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Alberdi M.T., Prado J.L. 1998 Comments on: Pleistocene horses from Tarija, Bolivia, and validity of the genus Onohippidium (Mammalia: Equidae), by B. J. MacFadden. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3), 669-672.
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