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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK
THE EVOLUTION OF THE
HORSE.
Formations in Western United States and Characteristic Type of Horse in Each
Fore Foot
Hind Foot
Teeth
Quaternary
Equus
or
Age of Man
Pleistocene
One Toe
One Toe
Splints of
2 and 4 digits
Splints of
2ad and 4 digits
Long -
Crowned,
- BLANCO
Pliohippus
Pliocene
Cement-
covered
- OGALALLA=
Three Toes
Three Toes
Miocene FARICKAREE
Merychippus
Side toes
Side toes
not touching the ground
not touching the fround
Tertiary
JOHN DAY
Three Toes
or
Age of
Oligocene WHITE RIVER
Mesohippus
Side toes
Three Toes
louching the ground;
splint of 5 digit
Side toes
Mammals
EEE三ョ
louching the fround
Short-
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Crowned,
Orohippus
without
Three Toes
BRIDGER
Cement
Еоcene
Four Toes
Splints ot
and 5t digits
信哥
WASATCH=E
E Eohippus
Paleocene
PUERCO AND JORREJON
The Premolar Teeth
Hypothetical Ancestors with Five Toes on Each Foot
Cretaceous
become more and more
Age of
Reptiles
and Teeth like those of Moukeys etc.
like true molars
Jurassic
Triassic
Revised 1920.
G. S. 10
EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE
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Evolution of the Horse
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