Cremohipparion

Cremohipparion is an extinct genus of equid that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene through Pliocene.

Cremohipparion Temporal range: Mid Miocene to Pliocene, 23–3.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
C. mediterraneum skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	†Cremohipparion Qiu Zhanxiang, Huang Weilong & Guo Zhihui, 1987[1]
Species
Cremohipparion antelopinum Cremohipparion forstenae Cremohipparion matthewi Cremohipparion mediterraneum

Its habitat or biome consisted of non-forested, grassy plains, shortgrass prairie or steppes.

Taxonomy

Cremohipparion was originally coined as a subgenus of Hipparion for a number of Eurasian species.^[1] Later, Bernor and Tobien (1989) elevated Cremohipparion to full generic status in their description of small hipparionin specimens from Samos, Greece.^[2]