Oligocene. Like many fossil horses, Mesohippus was common in North America. Its shoulder height is estimated at 60 cm. Mesohippus had longer legs than its predecessor...
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Evolution of the horse (section Mesohippus)
from the main genus Mesohippus, coexisted with Mesohippus for around four million years, and then over time came to replace Mesohippus. Miohippus was significantly...
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natural association between his horses and the dogs that accompanied them. Mesohippus Protohippus Wikispecies has information related to eohippus. Wikimedia...
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†Desmatippus Genus †Hypohippus Genus †Kalobatippus Genus †Megahippus Genus †Mesohippus Genus †Miohippus Genus †Parahippus Genus †Sinohippus Subfamily Equinae...
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back foot. The extra toe on the front feet soon disappeared with the Mesohippus, which lived 32 to 37 million years ago. Over time, the extra side toes...
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(Ground Squirrel-like Rodent) Leptomeryx (Tragulid) Merycoidodon (Oreodont) Mesohippus (Horse) Metamynodon (Aquatic Rhino) Miniochoerus (Oreodont) Poebrotherium...
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were within the margin of 25 to 30 kg. Miohippus became much larger than Mesohippus. They weighed around 40 to 55 kilograms. They were somewhat larger than...
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had soft pads. Equids developed into larger, three-toed animals (e.g. Mesohippus) during the Oligocene and Miocene. From there, the side toes became progressively...
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than the living members of the family. The group first appeared with Mesohippus in North America during the middle Eocene and thrived until the late Miocene...
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million years ago North America: Archaeotherium, Hyaenodon, Dinictis, Mesohippus, Poebrotherium, Subhyracodon, Moropus, Merycoidodon, Daeodon, Amphicyon...
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continent.[citation needed] Equus Evolution of the horse Merychippus Mesohippus Radinsky (1978). "Evolution of brain size in carnivores and ungulates...
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as Poebrotherium), running rhinoceratoids, three-toed equids (such as Mesohippus), nimravids, protoceratids, and early canids like Hesperocyon. Merycoidodonts...
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and preyed on a variety of prey species such as primitive horses like Mesohippus, Brontotheres, early camels, oreodonts and even primitive rhinos. Species...
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Extinct Mesohippus horse, found in Pennington County, on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science...
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Montanoceratops. Other discoveries include Miotapirus and a new species of Mesohippus. Schlaikjer attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a bachelor's...
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perissodactylid. The medium-sized herbivores Agriochoerus, Hyracodon, Mesohippus and Leptotragulus, were again probably Hyaenodon prey and Miacis would...
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P. vetus P. perditus P. supremus (also P. simus) P. gidleyi Eohippus Mesohippus Leidy, Joseph (1858). "Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the...
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restricted to the streams; common in the gallery woodlands were the horse Mesohippus and artiodactyl Merycoidodon; and in the savannas there were the lagomorph...
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Genus Palaeotherium Family Equidae Genus Miohippus Genus Orohippus Genus Mesohippus Subfamily Anchitheriinae Genus Sinohippus Genus Megahippus Genus Anchitherium...
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and a large diversity of herbivorous mammals, such as the archaic horse Mesohippus, the cursorial rhinoceros Hyracodon, and the very common "oreodont" Merycoidodon...
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antelopes, oreodonts, anthracotheres, and several genera of horses including Mesohippus, Parahippus, and Hypohippus. Carnivores include small canids, medium sized...
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Genus Species Clade Epoch Image Notes †Mesohippus Equidae †Miohippus Equidae...
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palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh reassigned "A." bairdii to its own genus Mesohippus. In 1853, Pomel erected the species P. duvali based on fossil limbs that...
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†Mesodma †Mesodma pygmaea †Mesohippus †Mesohippus bairdi †Mesohippus propinquus – or unidentified comparable form †Mesohippus westoni – or unidentified...
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fontis 3: extremely rare Perissodactyla Tapiridae Colodon 4: rare Equidae Mesohippus 11: average abundance Hyracodontidae Hyracodon primus 1: extremely rare...
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of the Chadron Formation in Nebraska as well as the co-occurrence of Mesohippus, an early horse, and titanotheres, a family of rhinoceros-like animals...
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species †Mesodma pygmaea – type locality for species †Mesodma thompsoni †Mesohippus †Mesoreodon Metasequoia †Metasequoia occidentalis †Metopium †Miacis –...
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species †Merycoidodon major †Mesocyon †Mesocyon temnodon †Mesohippus †Mesohippus bairdi †Mesohippus exoletus †Mesoreodon †Mesoreodon chelonyx †Mesoreodon...
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†Meliosma †Merychyus †Merycochoerus †Merycoidodon †Mesodma †Mesodma pygmaea †Mesohippus †Metamynodon Metasequoia †Metasequoia occidentalis †Miacis †Microcosmodon...
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ballensis – type locality for species †Mesogaulus douglassi †Mesohippus †Mesohippus bairdi †Mesohippus westoni – type locality for species †Mesoreodon †Mesoreodon...
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