†tribe Hippotheriini Bonaparte 1850 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative spellings: Hippotheriina, Hippotheriinae

Full reference: C.-L. Bonaparte. 1850. Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata [Survey of the system of mammals. Second revised edition]. E. J. Brill, Leyden 1

Parent taxon: Equinae according to J. L. Prado and M. T. Alberdi 1996

See also Cope 1889 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: Acritohippus, Calippini, Equini, Hipparionini, Hippodon, Merychippus, Protohippini, Scaphohippus, Stylonus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Tizi N’Tadderht (Miocene of Morocco)

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