Megahippus

Megahippus
Temporal range: Barstovian to Late Clarendonian
Megahippus mckennai fossils
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Anchitheriinae
Genus: Megahippus
McGrew, 1938
Species
  • M. matthewi
  • M. mckennai

Megahippus is an extinct genus of large Anchitheriine horses found throughout the southern portion of the United States during the middle Miocene. The animal represents one of the latest low-crowned horses, overlapping in time with more derived high-crowned horses.