Anchitherium
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Anchitherium (meaning near beast) is a genus of extinct equid with a three-toed hoof.
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Anchitherium was a browsing (leaf eating) horse that originated in the early Miocene of North America, being found as far south as Panama,[1] and subsequently dispersed to Europe and Asia,[2][3] where it gave rise to the larger bodied genus Sinohippus.[4] It was around Script error: No such module "convert". high at the shoulder, and probably represented a side-branch of horse evolution that left no modern descendants.[5]
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- ↑ MacFadden, B.J. 2001. Three-toed browsing horse Anchitherium clarencei from the early Miocene (Hemingfordian) Thomas Farm, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 43(3):79-109.
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