Hippotherium fossil map
Where fossils of Hippotherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04–0.0117 million years ago (Aquitanian to Late Pleistocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Equidae |
| Named by | Kaup 1832 |
| Fossil records | 284 occurrences at 87 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States, Kenya, Bulgaria, Spain, Türkiye, Greece, Tunisia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Algeria … |
| Rock formations | txn:42984, Ash Hollow, Valentine, Goliad, Juntura, Ogallala |
About Hippotherium
Hippotherium is an extinct genus of horse that lived during the Miocene through Pliocene ~13.65—6.7 Mya, existing for 6.95 million years.
The last known surviving Hippotherium was H. malpassii, found in Italy.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hippotherium (revision 1314234097), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q3785745.
