Eohippus
Extinct genus of primitive horse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eohippus is an extinct genus of small equid ungulates.[1] The only species is E. angustidens, which was long considered a species of Hyracotherium. Its remains have been identified in North America and date to the Early Eocene (Ypresian stage).[2]
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Reconstructed skeleton, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., United States | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | †Eohippus Marsh, 1876 |
Species: | †E. angustidens |
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†Eohippus angustidens (Cope, 1875) | |
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