Nannippus Temporal range: late Miocene-Pliocene |
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Jaw of Nannippus. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | †Nannippus |
Nannippus is an extinct genus of horse endemic to North America during the Miocene through Pliocene, ~13.3—3.3 Ma, living approximately 11.1 million years.
Nannippus lived as far south as Central Mexico (N. peninsulatus) to as far north as Canada (N. lenticularis), to California in the west, North Carolina (N. lenticularis) and Florida (N. peninsulatus) in the east.