anchitheriine

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noun

Any member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.

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Meanings

nounanchitheriine (plural anchitheriines)

plural anchitheriines

  1. biologyAny member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.

    La Retama preserves an abundant fossil fauna that includes gastropods and vertebrates such as chelonians, crocodiles, lagomorphs, rodents, several carnivorans, anchitheriine equids, rhinoceroses, gomphoteriid elephants, caenotheriids, suids, cervids and palaeomerycids.

    2015 December 3, “Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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