Eurohippus

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Eurohippus
E. messelensis fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Equidae
Genus: †Eurohippus
Franzen, 2006
Species
  • E. messelensis
  • E. parvulus Laurillard, 1849
Synonyms
  • Propalaeotherium parvulum
  • Propalaeotherium messelensis
E. parvulus model
E. parvulus fossil

Eurohippus is an extinct genus of equid ungulate.[1] It was long considered part of Propalaeotherium and Lophiotherium.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Franzen, J. L. (2006). "Eurohippus n.g., a new genus of horses from the Middle to Late Eocene of Europe". Senckenbergiana lethaea 86: 97–10. doi:10.1007/BF03043638. 
  2. ↑ Franzen, J. L. (2006). "Eurohippus parvulus parvulus (Mammalia, Equidae) aus der Grube Prinz von Hessen bei Darmstadt (Süd-Hessen, Deutschland)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea 86 (2): 265–269. doi:10.1007/BF03043493. 
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