Protorohippus
| Protorohippus | |
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| P. venticolum skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | †Protorohippus |
| Type species | |
| P. venticolum | |
| Species | |
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Protorohippus is an extinct equid that lived in the Eocene of North America.[1]
Restoration
Skeleton cast
References
- ↑ Froehlich, D. J. (2002). "Quo vadis eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (2): 141–256. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00005.x.
See also
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