Eurohippus

Eurohippus
E. messelensis fossil with fetus (encircled)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Palaeotheriidae
Subfamily: Pachynolophinae
Genus: Eurohippus
Franzen, 2006
Type species
Lophiodon parvulus
Species
  • E. parvulus
  • E. messelensis
Synonyms
  • Propalaeotherium parvulum
  • Propalaeotherium messelensis
E. parvulus model

Eurohippus is an extinct genus of equoid ungulate.[1] Its species were long considered part of Propalaeotherium and Lophiotherium.[2] A pregnant specimen was described in 2015.[3][4]

  1. ^ Franzen, J. L. (2006). "Eurohippus n.g., a new genus of horses from the Middle to Late Eocene of Europe". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 86: 97–102. doi:10.1007/BF03043638. S2CID 84192738.
  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. S2CID 82103770.
  3. ^ Franzen, J. L.; Aurich, C.; Habersetzer, J. (2015). "Description of a Well Preserved Fetus of the European Eocene Equoid Eurohippus messelensis". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0137985. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1037985F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137985. PMC 4622040. PMID 26445456.
  4. ^ "47-Million-Year-Old Pregnant Mare Sheds Light on Ancient Horses by Laura Geggel". livescience. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.