Hipparionini
| Hipparionini Temporal range: Early Miocene - Early Pleistocene
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| Skeleton of Hipparion on display in China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | †Hipparionini Quinn, 1955 |
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Hipparionini is an extinct tribe of three-toed equids in the subfamily Equinae. They had body forms similar to modern equines, with high-crowned teeth. They first appeared in North America during the Early Miocene around 17 million years ago, before migrating into the Old World around 11.4-11.0 million years ago. The youngest species date to the end of the early Early Pleistocene, becoming extinct following the arrival of modern equines of the genus Equus to the Old World.