- genus Mesohippus
- nouna genus of Equidae• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Equidae, ↑family Equidae• Member Meronyms: ↑mesohippus
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genus Mesohippus
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Mesohippus — Temporal range: Early Oligocene Mesohippus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
mesohippus — noun North American three toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses • Hypernyms: ↑horse, ↑Equus caballus • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Mesohippus * * * “+ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology … Useful english dictionary
Mesohippus — ▪ extinct horse genus genus of extinct early and middle Oligocene horses (the Oligocene Epoch occurred from 36.6 to 23.7 million years ago) commonly found as fossils in the rocks of the Badlands region of South Dakota, U.S. Mesohippus was… … Universalium
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of prehistoric mammals — This is a list of articles dealing with animals that lived and went extinct during prehistoric times. It does not include species that existed then that still continue to exist into recorded history.ubclass PrototheriaInfraclass Yinotheria*Family … Wikipedia
Equidae — Taxobox name = Equids image width = 250px image caption = Plains Zebras regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Perissodactyla familia = Equidae familia authority = Gray, 1821 genus = Equus genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758… … Wikipedia
Equidae — noun horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals • Syn: ↑family Equidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perissodactyla, ↑order Perissodactyla • … Useful english dictionary
family Equidae — noun horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals • Syn: ↑Equidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perissodactyla, ↑order Perissodactyla • Member Merony … Useful english dictionary
Miohippus — ▪ extinct horses genus of extinct horses (horse) 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… … Universalium
Evolution of the horse — This image shows a representative sequence but should not be construed to represent a straight line evolution of the horse. Reconstruction, left forefoot skeleton (third digit emphasized yellow) and longitudinal section of molars of selected… … Wikipedia
