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Hyracotherium

Extinct mammal belonging to the order Perissodactyla and considered to be an ancestor of the horse. It occurs in Eocene strata in Europe and was a small animal about 1 m/3.3 ft in length, with complete dentition, four digits on the forelimbs, and three on the hind-limbs, and orbits not enclosed by bone.
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One interesting fossil exhibit traces 55 million years of horse evolution, starting with the tiny Eohippus.
Horse power: for thousands of years, people have bred horses to meet ... by Carney, Elizabeth / Science World
Believe it or not, Big Bird remembers right back to the time of Eohippus, the Dawn Horse some 50 million years ago.
Hiyo, Flicka! A canter through equine history with a rancher's ... by Marty, Sid / Literary Review of Canada
And the evolution of the horse, from tiny Eohippus to the modern horse, is often cited as the classic example of Cope's Rule.
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