Proboscidipparion
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| Proboscidipparion Temporal range:
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| File:Proboscidipparion pater.jpg | |
| Skulls of Proboscidipparion pater | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | †Hipparionini |
| Genus: | †Proboscidipparion Sefve, 1927 |
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†P. heintzi | |
Proboscidipparion is an extinct genus of hipparionine equine. It is named after its unusual retracted nasal region of the skull, which may have supported a proboscis.[1] Fossils have been found throughout Eurasia, from England (Red Crag) to China.[2][3] The oldest specimens are known from Asia, dating to the Early Pliocene, around 5.3-5 million years ago. The genus was one of the last surviving hipparionines, with the youngest specimen dating to the end of the Early Pleistocene, around 1 million years ago.[1]
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