Hyracotherium (extinct genus)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Perissodactyla (order) > Equidae (family)
Descripción
Genus of small dog-sized animals representing the oldest known horse; they lived in the Eocene Epoch. Characterized by a relatively short face, eye sockets nearer the middle than modern horses, and a short space between the front teeth and the cheek teeth (diastema).
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Otros términos
- dawn horses [en]
- dawn horse [en]
- Eohippus [en]
- Eohippus [la]