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American Mammals: Their Lives, Habits, and Economic Relations. Written by W. J. Hamilton Jr. 1939.
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American Mammals: Their Lives, Habits, and Economic Relations. Written by W. J. Hamilton Jr. 1939.
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Neohipparion affine, an early horse from the Neogene of North and Central America. Fossil evidence of horses shows an interesting transition from small early four-toed forms to our large modern one-toed horses. Neohipparion, with a medium-sized body and three toes per foot, sits in the middle of this grade.
Fossil horses from the Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska, a site whise richness of mammal fossils is attributed to a large Yellowstone eruption. Horse remains are plentiful, with five genera known to be present. They are depicted above in the following order: Pseudohipparion, Neohipparion, Cormohipparion, Protohippus, and Pliohippus. The first three genera are three-toed, while the last two bear single hooves.
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Florida Museum of Natural History