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Anchitherium
Sign in to saveAnchitherium (meaning near beast) is a genus of extinct equid with a three-toed hoof. thumb|left|Mandibles Anchitherium was a browsing (leaf eating) horse that originated in the early Miocene of North America, being found as far south as Panama, and subsequently dispersed to Europe and Asia, where it gave rise to the larger bodied genus Sinohippus. It was around high at the shoulder, and probably represented a side-branch of horse evolution that left no modern descendants.
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Vinony's link graph records 84 inbound references to Anchitherium, and connects out to rhinoceros, Tapiroidea and odd-toed ungulate.
Vinony files it under Anchitheriinae, Fossils of Austria and Fossils of China.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Anchitheriinae
- Image
- (MHNT) Anchitherium aurelianense - Mandibule complète (Cuvier, 1825).jpg
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- Anchitherium
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- Anchitherium
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Palaeobiology
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Anchitherium (meaning near beast) is a genus of extinct equid with a three-toed hoof. thumb|left|Mandibles Anchitherium was a browsing (leaf eating) horse that originated in the early Miocene of North America, being found as far south as Panama, and subsequently dispersed to Europe and Asia, where it gave rise to the larger bodied genus Sinohippus. It was around high at the shoulder, and probably represented a side-branch of horse evolution that left no modern descendants.
== Palaeobiology ==
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