Merychippus

extinct genus of horses

Taxon Fossil Taxon Q584323

Facts

7 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[7]
End time: -10300000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6]
Parent taxon: Equidae^[3]
Start time: -15900000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[5]
Taxon name: Merychippus^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en Merychippus fa مریکیپوس fi Merychippus insignis he מריקהיפוס ko 메리키푸스 zh 草原古馬屬

🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Merychippus skeletal reconstruction.png ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300265975
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/Merychippus
Freebase ID: /m/03mp85
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 4830485
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Merychippus
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2780235497
Open Tree of Life ID: 3614889
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 43009
Yale LUX ID: concept/7fac6cf4-bcf9-48c1-b398-7adff31b05df

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Parent taxon 1

Equidae

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genus

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Sobótka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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Summary

Merychippus is a fossil taxon^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Merychippus is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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