Eohippus

Eohippus angustidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Equoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Panperissodactyla Cladus: Perissodactylamorpha Ordo: Perissodactyla Subordo: Hippomorpha Superfamilia: Equoidea

Familia: Equidae
Genus: †Eohippus
Species: †E. angustidens
Remarks: Previously included in Hyracotherium.

Name

Eohippus Marsh, 1876: 401

• Type species: Eohippus validus March, 1876, by monotypy (= Orohippus angustidens Cope, 1875)

References

Primary references

• Marsh, O.C. 1876. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. V. American Journal of Science 12: 401–404. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-12.71.401.

Additional references

• Cope, E.D. 1875. Systematic catalogue of the Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico collected in 1874. In: G.M. Wheeler, ed. Geographical Surveys West of the Hundredth Meridian. Volume 1. pp. 5–37. United States Geological Survey. Washington D.C. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.104563.
• 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.

Vernacular names

日本語: アケボノウマ
中文: 曙馬