Biology:Protorohippus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Protorohippus
Protorohippus Green River Formation.jpg
Fossil from the Green River Formation
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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] thumb|left|Restoration

Skeleton cast

See also

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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7252110 entry