Definition of Hipparion. Meaning of Hipparion. Synonyms of Hipparion

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Definition of Hipparion

Hipparion
Hipparion Hip*pa"ri*on, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a pony, dim. of ? a horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

Meaning of Hipparion from wikipedia

- Hipparion is an extinct genus of three-toed, medium-sized equine belonging to the extinct tribe Hipparionini, who lived about 10-5 million years ago....
- numerous varieties of Merychippus: Hipparion, Protohippus and Pliohippus. The most different from Merychippus was Hipparion, mainly in the structure of tooth...
- Hipparionines varied widely in size, with the smallest species like Hipparion periafricanum having a body m**** of only 23 kilograms (51 lb), considerably...
- morphological variation seen in Hipparion, and that the members of Cormohipparion belonged instead within Hipparion. This rested on claims that pre-orbital...
- in Miocene deposits in Spain.[citation needed] The Asian hipparionin "Hipparion" weihoense from early Late Miocene deposits in northern China has also...
- Don Quixote, 1955 drawing by Pablo Pic****o List of fictional horses Hipparion rocinantis, an extinct equine found in La Mancha and named after Rocinante...
- primitive ground squirrel, a small beaver, horses (with the three-toed horse Hipparion forcei being the most common), hyena-like animals, a lizard, abundant...
- Wagner discovered and described fossil remains of mastodon, Dinotherium, Hipparion, two species of giraffe, antelope and others. His collaboration with Johannes...
- coexisted with Hipparion and giraffids, although the latter was rare. This species of Machairodus was probably a hunter of Hipparion. It would have also...
- several other sites in the area, was po****ted by a typical European Hipparion fauna, such as a Mediterranean tortoise, an undeterminate rodent, a badger...