Protorohippus

Protorohippus
P. venticolum skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Equidae
Genus:†Protorohippus
Wortman, 1896
Type species
Protorohippus venticolum
(Cope, 1881)
Species
  • †P. venticolum (Cope, 1881)
  • †P. montanum Wortman, 18961
Synonyms
  • Hyracotherium venticolum Cope, 1881
  • Hyracotherium vasacciense venticolum Kitts, 1956
  • Eohippus venticolum Granger, 1908

Protorohippus is an extinct equid that lived in the Eocene of North America.[1]

Restoration
Skeleton cast

References

  1. ↑ 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.

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