hipparionine

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hipparionine (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of the hipparion.
    • 2007, Winfried Henke, Handbook of Paleoanthropology:
      The hipparionine horses arose in North America during the Middle Miocene and differed significantly from Anchitherium and other similar equids in the development of very high-crowned cheek teeth as a response to the more sclerophyllous, harder vegetation.