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    Hyracotherium (/ˌhaɪrəkoʊˈθɪəriəm, -kə-/ HY-rək-o-THEER-ee-əm; "hyrax-like beast") is an extinct genus of very small (about 60 cm in length) perissodactyl...
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    only species is E. angustidens, which was long considered a species of Hyracotherium. Its remains have been identified in North America and date to the Early...
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    (Cope, 1881) †P. montanum Wortman, 18961 Synonyms Hyracotherium venticolum Cope, 1881 Hyracotherium vasacciense venticolum Kitts, 1956 Eohippus venticolum...
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    referred to in earlier literature as Hyracotherium sandrae, but Froehlich, arguing that the traditional genus Hyracotherium was not monophyletic, reassigned...
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    developed a hoof at this point, rather it still had pads as seen in Hyracotherium and Orohippus. The face of Mesohippus was longer and larger than earlier...
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    early Eocene, 54 million years ago. They had been assigned to the genus Hyracotherium, but the type species of that genus is now considered not a member of...
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    present day. The earliest known member of the family Equidae was the Hyracotherium, which lived between 45 and 55 million years ago, during the Eocene...
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    Eocene epoch, 54 million years ago. They were once assigned to the genus Hyracotherium, but the type species of that genus is now regarded as a palaeothere...
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    pre-existing species. For example, it is sometimes claimed that the extinct Hyracotherium, which was an early horse that shares a common ancestor with the modern...
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    were a prominent feature of Eocene marine ecosystems. Moeritherium Hyracotherium Brontotherium Basilosaurus Andrewsarchus Borealosuchus Gastornis Pakicetus...
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