Eurohippus

Eurohippus is an extinct genus of equoid ungulate.^[1] Its species were long considered part of Propalaeotherium and Lophiotherium.^[2] A pregnant specimen was described in 2015.^[3][4]

Eurohippus
E. messelensis fossil with fetus (encircled)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Palaeotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Pachynolophinae
Genus:	†Eurohippus Franzen, 2006
Type species
†Lophiodon parvulus Laurillard, 1849
Species
†E. parvulus †E. messelensis
Synonyms
Propalaeotherium parvulum Propalaeotherium messelensis

E. parvulus model

References

1. Franzen, J. L. (2006). "Eurohippus n.g., a new genus of horses from the Middle to Late Eocene of Europe". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 86: 97–102. doi:10.1007/BF03043638. S2CID 84192738.
2. Franzen, J. L. (2006). "Eurohippus parvulus parvulus (Mammalia, Equidae) aus der Grube Prinz von Hessen bei Darmstadt (Süd-Hessen, Deutschland)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 86 (2): 265–269. doi:10.1007/BF03043493. S2CID 82103770.
3. Franzen, J. L.; Aurich, C.; Habersetzer, J. (2015). "Description of a Well Preserved Fetus of the European Eocene Equoid Eurohippus messelensis". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0137985. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1037985F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137985. PMC 4622040. PMID 26445456.
4. "47-Million-Year-Old Pregnant Mare Sheds Light on Ancient Horses by Laura Geggel". livescience. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.