moropus

moropus
\\ˈmȯrəpəs, ˈmär-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mōros sluggish, dull + New Latin -pus; from its suggested affinities to the sloth
: a genus of American Miocene clawed perissodactyls (family Chalicotheriidae) attaining the size of modern horses

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  • Moropus — Temporal range: Early Miocene Moropus elatus skeleton at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • Moropus — Skelett von Moropus im National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Zeitraum Oligozän bis Miozän 30,8 bis 13,6 Mio. Jahre Fundorte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Moropus —   Moropus Esqueleto de Moropus elatus en el Museo Nacional de Histo …   Wikipedia Español

  • Moropus — ▪ extinct mammal  extinct genus of the chalicotheres, a group of very unusual perissodactyls (“odd toed” ungulates) related to the horse. Fossil remains of Moropus are found in Miocene deposits in North America and Asia (the Miocene Epoch lasted… …   Universalium

  • moropus — mor·o·pus …   English syllables

  • Chalicothere — Chalicotheriidae Temporal range: middle Eocene to late Pliocene 40–3.5 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Chalicotheriidae — Chalicotherien Moropus Zeitraum oberes Eozän bis Pleistozän Fossilfundorte Eurasien, Nordamerika, Afrika Systematik …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Chalicotherien — Skelett von Moropus im National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Zeitraum Eozän bis Altpleistozän 55,8 Mio. Jahre bis 781.000 Jahre …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Chalicothere — Chalicothère Chalicothère …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Chalicotheriidae — Chalicothère Chalicothère …   Wikipédia en Français

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