Protorohippus

Protorohippus (Latin: "before" (pro), + Greek: "mountain" (oros), "horse" (hippos)[1]) is an extinct equid that lived in the Eocene of North America.[2]

Restoration
Skeleton cast

Protorohippus
Temporal range: Eocene (Wasatchian)
Fossil from the Green River Formation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: †Protorohippus
Wortman, 1896
Type species
Protorohippus venticolum
(Cope, 1881)
Species
  • †P. venticolum (Cope, 1881)
  • †P. montanum Wortman, 18961
Synonyms
  • Hyracotherium venticolum Cope, 1881
  • Hyracotherium vasacciense venticolum Kitts, 1956
  • Eohippus venticolum Granger, 1908

See also

References
  1. "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. 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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