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Nannippus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Equidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perissodactyla

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Neohipparion, Cormohipparion, Pseudhipparion, Astrohippus, Dinohippus

Nannippus is an extinct genus of horse endemic to North America during the Miocene through Pliocene, ~13.3—3.3 Ma, living approximately 11.1 million years.

Nannippus lived as far south as Central Mexico (N. peninsulatus) to as far north as Canada (N. lenticularis), to California in the west, North Carolina (N. lenticularis) and Florida (N. peninsulatus) in the east.

Species

  • N. aztecus (Mooser 1968). Widespread in Florida and also found in Texas, Oklahoma, and Chihuahua, became extinct ~11.2—5.7 Ma.
  • N. beckensis (Dalquest and Donovan, 1973) found in Texas only and became extinct ~3.4 Ma.
  • N. lenticularis (Cope, 1893). found in Alberta, Canada, North Carolina, Alabama, Nebraska, and Kansas becoming extinct ~13 Ma.
  • N. montezumae (Leidy, 1882).
  • N. morgani (Hulbert, 1993) restricted to Florida. Appears to become extinct ~8.6 Ma.
  • N. peninsulatus (Cope, 1893) found in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico becoming extinct ~3.3 Ma.
  • N. parvulus (Marsh, 1868).
  • N. westoni (Simpson, 1930) restricted to Florida. Became extinct ~9.1—8.7 Ma.

    • References

    Nannippus Wikipedia
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