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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Eocene animals, Miocene animals, Oligocene animals, Paleocene animals, Pleistocene animals, Pliocene animals, Evolution of the horse, Pleistocene Rewilding, Turritella, Electromyrmococcus, Pleistocene megafauna, Eosurcula, Protosialis casca, Cruschedula, Paleontological Museum in Tocuila, Anthidium scudderi, Anthidium exhumatum, Ecphora gardnerae, Barbourofelis, Palaeoglaux, Middle Miocene disruption, Palaeobatrachus, Cenotextricella simoni, Ischyrocyon, Eumorphocorystes, Sansanosmilus, Nautilus praepompilius, Chesapecten jeffersonius, Ysengrinia, Pentacrinites, Topaginella, Drassonax, Ictiocyon, Eucyon, Barbourofelis fricki, Clavilithes, Mammacyon, Adilophontes, Neithea, Prototocyon, Ficopsis, Thaumastocyonini, Neocynodesmus, Theriodictis, Ciliopagurus obesus, Nautilus cookanum, Palaeocarpilius, Terebratula, Antifer, Rimella fissurella, Campanile giganteum, Harpagophagus, Volutospina, Protocyon, Phymosoma, Afrocyon, Whiteavesia, Discinisca, Oxytoma, Eutatus, Linthia, Teredina, Formicium giganteum, Brachipposideros, Temnocidaris, Tylocidaris, Metopaster, Stauranderaster, Kingena, Apodops, Echinocorys, Tessarolax, Coelopleurus, Plesiolampas, Turritella apicalis, Potamomya, Chronoperates, Ancistrocrania. Excerpt: The evolution of the horse pertains to the phylogenetic ancestry of the modern horse from the fox-sized, forest-dwelling Hyracotherium over geologic time scales. Paleozoologists have been able to piece together a more complete picture of the modern horse's evolutionary lineage than that of any other animal. The horse belongs to an order known as Perissodactyla, or "odd-toed ungulates," which all share hoofed feet and an odd number of toes on each foot, as well as mobile upper lips and a similar tooth structure. This means that horses share a common ancestry with tapirs and rhinoceroses. The perissodactyls ori...
