Miohippus - Wikipedia
Miohippus (meaning "small horse") is an extinct genus of horse existing longer than most Equidae. It lived in what is now North America from 32 to 25 million years ago, during the late Eocene to late Oligocene. [2]
Miohippus | Eocene, Ancestor & Horse | Britannica
Miohippus, genus of extinct horses that originated in North America during the Late Eocene Epoch (37.2–33.9 million years ago). Miohippus evolved from the earlier genus Mesohippus; however, the former was larger and had a more-derived dentition than the latter.
Name: Miohippus - Equine Guelph
Miohippus is an important link in the horse family as this species led to great diversity in the subsequent family members with numerous and distinct types of horses, although only one genus survives today.
Miohippus - Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
2017年3月17日 · Miohippus was one of the most successful prehistoric horses of the Tertiary period; this three-toed genus (which was closely related to the similarly named Mesohippus) was represented by about a dozen different species, all of them indigenous to North America from about 35 to 25 million years ago.
Evolution of the horse - Wikipedia
Miohippus was significantly larger than its predecessors, and its ankle joints had subtly changed. Its facial fossa was larger and deeper, and it also began to show a variable extra crest in its upper cheek teeth, a trait that became a characteristic feature of equine teeth.
Horse - Evolution, Domestication, Anatomy | Britannica
2024年10月10日 · By the late Oligocene, Mesohippus had evolved into a somewhat larger form known as Miohippus. The descendants of Miohippus split into various evolutionary branches during the early Miocene (the Miocene Epoch lasted …
Miohippus – Fossil Horses - Florida Museum
2021年8月4日 · Species of Miohippus gave rise to the first burst of diversity in the horse family. Until Miohippus, there were few side branches, but the descendants of Miohippus were numerous and distinct. During the Miocene, over a dozen genera existed.
Evolutionary Transitions in the Fossil Record of Terrestrial Hoofed ...
2009年4月16日 · The hoofed mammals, or ungulates, are the third-largest group of placental mammals alive today (after rodents and bats). Nearly all large-bodied herbivorous mammals, living and extinct, are ungulates.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course—except when it isn’t
2017年11月28日 · An international team of researchers has discovered a previously unrecognized genus of extinct horses that roamed North America during the last ice age.
Statistical analysis of dental variation in the Oligocene equid
Only two species of equid, one Miohippus and one Mesohippus, in the Turtle Cove Member can be identified, therefore only Miohippus annectens, the genotype and first species described from the region, can be recognized as the sole Miohippus species …
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