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anchitheriine

anchitheriine noun: any member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.

Noun

anchitheriine (plural anchitheriines)

  1. Any member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.
    • La Retama preserves an abundant fossil fauna that includes gastropods and vertebrates such as chelonians, crocodiles, lagomorphs, rodents, several carnivorans, anchitheriine equids, rhinoceroses, gomphoteriid elephants, caenotheriids, suids, cervids and palaeomerycids.2015 December 3, “Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of anchitheriine

pluralanchitheriines

Questions about anchitheriine

What does anchitheriine mean?
Anchitheriine means any member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.
What part of speech is anchitheriine?
Anchitheriine is a noun.
What is the plural of anchitheriine?
The plural of anchitheriine is anchitheriines.

Words near anchitheriine in the dictionary

  1. Anchises
  2. anchistioidid
  3. anchistioidids
  4. anchithere
  5. anchitheres
  6. anchitheriine
  7. anchitheriines
  8. anchizonal
  9. anchizone
  10. anchizones
  11. ancho

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