Miohippus - Facts and Figures

Miohippus - Facts and Figures Name: Miohippus (Greek for Miocene horse); articulated MY-goodness HIP-us Territory: Fields of North America Verifiable Epoch: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene (35-25 million years prior) Size and Weight: Around four feet in length and 50-75 pounds Diet: Plants Recognizing Characteristics: Little size; moderately long skull; three-toed feet  About Miohippus Miohippus was one of the best ancient ponies of the Tertiary time frame; this three-toed family (which was firmly identified with the comparably named Mesohippus) was spoken to by around twelve unique species, every one of them indigenous to North America from around 35 to 25 million years back. Miohippus was somewhat bigger than Mesohippus (around 100 pounds for a full-developed grown-up, contrasted with 50 or 75 pounds); nonetheless, regardless of its name, it lived not in the Miocene yet the prior Eocene and Oligocene ages, an error for which you can thank the acclaimed American scientist Othniel C. Bog. Like its comparatively named family members, Miohippus lay on the direct transformative line that prompted the cutting edge horse, variety Equus. Fairly confusingly, in spite of the fact that Miohippus is known by over twelve named species, extending from M. acutidens to M. quartus, the sort itself comprised of two essential sorts, one adjusted for life on prairies and the other most appropriate to timberlands and forests. It was the prairie assortment that prompted Equus; the forest variant, with its prolonged second and fourth toes, produced little relatives that went wiped out in Eurasia at the cusp of the Pliocene age, around 5,000,000 years prior.