Eurohippus
| Eurohippus | |
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| E. messelensis fossil with fetus (encircled) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | †Eurohippus Franzen, 2006 |
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Eurohippus is an extinct genus of equid ungulate.[1] Its species were long considered part of Propalaeotherium and Lophiotherium.[2] A pregnant specimen was described in 2015.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Franzen, J. L. (2006). "Eurohippus n.g., a new genus of horses from the Middle to Late Eocene of Europe". Senckenbergiana lethaea 86: 97–10. doi:10.1007/BF03043638.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Franzen, J. L.; Aurich, C.; Habersetzer, J. (2015). "Description of a Well Preserved Fetus of the European Eocene Equoid Eurohippus messelensis". PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137985.
- ↑ "47-Million-Year-Old Pregnant Mare Sheds Light on Ancient Horses by Laura Geggel". livescience. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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