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| Dinohippus | |
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| Dinohippus leidyanus skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | Equini |
| Genus: | †Dinohippus Quinn, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| †Pliohippus leidyanus | |
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Dinohippus (Greek: "Terrible horse"[1]) is an extinct equid which was endemic to North America from the late Hemphillian stage of the Miocene through the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene (10.3—3.6 mya) and in existence for approximately 6.7 million years.[2][3] Fossils are widespread throughout North America, being found at more than 30 sites from Florida to Alberta and Panama (Alajuela Formation).
- ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Dinohippus basic info.
- ^ Bruce J. MacFadden: Cenozoic Mammalian Herbivores from the Americas: Reconstructing Ancient Diets and Terrestrial Communities. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Vol. 31, (2000), pp. 33-59