Protorohippus (Latin: "before" (pro), Greek: "mountain" (oros), "horse" (hippos)[1]) is an extinct species of equid that lived in the Eocene of North America.[2]
| Protorohippus Temporal range: Eocene (Wasatchian)
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| Fossil from the Green River Formation | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | †Protorohippus Wortman, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Protorohippus venticolum (Cope, 1881)
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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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