†tribe Protohippini Quinn 1955 (protohippines)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: J. H. Quinn. 1955. Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas Report of Investigations 5516:1-102
Parent taxon: Equinae according to T. S. Kelly 1995
See also Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Hulbert 1988, Prado and Alberdi 1996 and Quinn 1955
Sister taxa: Acritohippus, Calippini, Equini, Hipparionini, Hippodon, Hippotheriini, Merychippus, Scaphohippus, Stylonus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protohippini in the database