Parahippus
Skull and Jaw (Cast)
Parahippus cognatus
By Claire H. from New York City, USA [7]
Perissodactyla/Equidae/Anchitheriiane
Caudal? Vertebra (fossil)
Parahippus leonensis?
1586 Fd. Florida, USA
Lower Jaw with Teeth (fossil)
Parahippus leonensis
1835 Fd. Suwanee River, Florida, USA
Medial Phalanx (fossil)
Parahippus leonensis
1585 Fd. Florida, USA
length 0.7"
UpperTeeth Drawing [8]
Parahippus? mourningi
Left to right, milk molars 3 and 4, M1
Mojave Desert, California, USA
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parahippus
[2] Bennet, Deb, The Evolution of the Horse: History and Techniques
of Study, 2008, 14
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parahipus
[4] Ibid.
[5] Osborn,Henry, The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia and
North America, (New York: The MacMillian Co., 1921), 555
[6] Ibid., 297
[7] Wikipedia Commons, [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
[8] Merriam, John, Tertiary Mammalian Faunas of the Mohave Desert, (University of California Publications, 1919), 476
[9] Ibid.
Lower Teeth[9]
Parahippus? mourningi (Merriam)
Left to right p3 to m2
Fd. Mojave Desert, California, USA
Lower Jaw and Teeth (fossil)
Parahippus leonensis
2078 Fd. Florida, USA
More wear than 1835
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Size |
About 3.3 feet high at withers [1] |
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Eye sockets |
Incomplete? bony rim, about 0.54 of skull length from front of skull to center
of socket (Parahippus cognatus) |
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Type of teeth |
Low crowned, enamel coating over dentine [2] |
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Toes |
Three toes on each leg, big central toe[3] |
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Hooves/pads |
Hoove on centrral toe [4] |
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Locations found |
North America [5] |
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Other |
Found side by side with Merychippus, Protohippus, Hypohippus
and HIpparion [6] |
Parahippus