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Sinohippus fossil map

Where fossils of Sinohippus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 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 5 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 →

Sinohippus
Image: Jonathan Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived13.82–7.246 million years ago (Serravallian to Tortonian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyEquidae
Named byZhai 1962
Fossil records8 occurrences at 4 locations (PBDB)
Found inFrance, Spain, Germany
Rock formationstxn:42984

About Sinohippus

Sinohippus ("Chinese horse") is an extinct equid genus belonging to the subfamily Anchitheriinae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sinohippus (revision 1252654218), 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: Q15911458.

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