horse known to have grazed. Merychippus was named by Joseph Leidy (1856). Numerous authors assigned the type species – Merychippus insignis – to Protohippus...

from the numerous varieties of Merychippus: Hipparion, Protohippus and Pliohippus. The most different from Merychippus was Hipparion, mainly in the structure...

tribes, the Equini and the Hipparionini, as well as two unplaced genera, Merychippus and Scaphohippus. Members of the family ancestrally had three toes, while...

†Miohippus Genus †Parahippus Genus †Sinohippus Subfamily Equinae Genus †Merychippus Genus †Scaphohippus Genus †Acritohippus Tribe †Hipparionini Genus †Eurygnathohippus...

North American continent.[citation needed] Equus Evolution of the horse Merychippus Mesohippus Radinsky (1978). "Evolution of brain size in carnivores and...

fibula bone of the hind limbs. These changes were first seen in the genus Merychippus, approximately 17 million years ago. The anatomy of the forelegs begins...

Acritohippus Merychippus Hipparionini Cremohipparion Cormohipparion Eurygnathohippus Hipparion Hippotherium Nannippus Neohipparion Proboscidipparion Pseudhipparion...

species was first described as Merychippus intermontanus in the same 1915 paper by John Merriam in which "Merychippus" sumani was described. The type...

specimens of Miocene mammals. Species found in Agate include: Miohippus, Merychippus and Parahippus, ancestors of the modern day horse. Diceratherium, two-horned...

hooved toes and reaching a weight over 60 kg. Like early horses, such as Merychippus, it had two vestigial outer toes on each foot, which did not touch the...