The name of this small prehistoric horse of North America comes from Greek for "dawn horse"
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Eohippus - Wikipedia  Eohippus is an extinct genus of small equid ungulates. The only species is E. angustidens, which was long considered a species of Hyracotherium. Its remains have been identified in North America and date to the Early ... Binomial name ... the Greek  (es, "dawn") and  (hippos, "horse"), meaning "dawn horse".
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eohippus - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  "eohippus" definition: the earliest horse. extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed ... oldest known genus of the horse family, from Modern Latin, from Greek eos +. ... Its remains have been found in North America and date to the Early Eocene stage. ... eohippus | dawn horse [synonym] | hyracotherium [synonym] | hyracotheria [plural].
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Free Flashcards about NATURAL HISTORY - StudyStack  THE NAME OF THIS SMALL PREHISTORIC HORSE OF NORTH AMERICA COMES FROM GREEK FOR "DAWN HORSE", EOHIPPUS. IN AGANA, THE...
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Eohippus - About.com Prehistoric Mammals  Name: Eohippus (Greek for "dawn horse"), pronounced EE-oh-HIP-us; also known as Hyracotherium ... Small size; four-toed front and three-toed back feet ... discovered in North America the more memorable name Eohippus ("dawn horse").
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Hyracotherium - Wikipedia  Hyracotherium is an extinct genus of very small perissodactyl ungulates which was found in the ... Referring to this resemblance to the hyrax, Owen proposed the genus name Hyracotherium for this new genus. In his formal ... early brontothere. The main stream of horse evolution occurred on the North American continent.
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Nile Horse is correct. Hippopotamus is Nilpferd. Nil = Nile - Funnyjunk  May 9, 2015 ... Comment #6 added by stutterguy at German words for animals translated. ... the "nile horse" one is technically not correct. the correct german...
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PALEONTOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA ...  NAME MEANING: Ornate horned face ... Ricardoestesia - a 2 m long meat-eating dinosaur known from only its teeth. ... Amtosaurus- an ankylosaur (an armored, club-tailed, plant-eater) 25 feet (7.5 m) long from Mongolia, 95-85 mya. ... short-frilled, plant-eater with a short nose horn) 3 feet (1 m) long from Mongolia, 70 mya.
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Hinterland Who's Who - North American Elk  The North American elk, or wapiti, is the largest form of the red deer species Cervus elaphus. ... Elk have long, blackish hair on the neck that is referred to as a mane. ... "Wapiti," meaning "white rump," is the Shawnee Indian name and the .... In parks, capture and transplant of surplus animals sometimes reduces elk numbers.
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Science, the Bible & Evolution - Atlantis Online  4100 MYA The surface of the Earth cools down enough for the crust to solidify. ... Pikaia, a small swimmer of the phylum chordata, is possibly the ancestor of humans. .... the dawn bear (Ursavus elmensis) was the ancestor of all bears living today. It's the size of a fox, hunts in the tree tops, and supplements a diet of meat with...
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Meet the Relatives - American Museum of Natural History  The horse family (Equidae) today is quite small. ... all surviving branches of the horse family tree are also members of this same ... The horse (Equus caballus) includes all domesticated horse breeds. ... except on Thanksgiving and Christmas
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German words for animals translated to English : funny - Reddit  May 9, 2015 ... She is German and I was trying to read some German words and she explained ..... in latin-greek languages the name of the animal comes from "Bradypus", ..... Flusspferd / Nilpferd, River Horse / Nile Horse, Hippopotamus.
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Full text of "The geological history and evolution of the horse"  Restoration of Four-Toed Horse, Eohippus resartus 17 X. Fig. 1. Skeleton of ... AND USE The horse is one of the best known of all domestic animals. He has ... When introduced into North America by the Spaniards, the horse soon ... His firm hoof at the end of a flexible foot gives him a secure footing upon all kinds of ground.
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Pygmy hippo - EDGE :: Mammal Species Information  The name hippopotamus derives from the Greek for 'river horse', and is a ... for the pygmy hippo, which spends much of its time resting in rivers or swamps. .... The ancestors of both whales and hippos were small water-loving terrestrial mammals ... Around 2.5 million years ago, most of these species became extinct, with just...
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The UnMuseum - What Happened to the Brontosaurus?  The meaning of the name, "Thunder Lizard," seemed perfect for an animal ... this name has disappeared from books and museum exhibits about dinosaurs. ... of dinosaurs that walked on four legs with long necks and long tails called ... Marsh estimated that the Apatosaurus, meaning "deceptive lizard", was fifty feet in length.
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Hippopotamus - Wikipedia  The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly ... The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (). ... The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates ... While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary...
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A Date with Destiny | Miami New Times  Nov 24, 1993 ... The clue: "UNTIL REACHING THIS MILESTONE, STALLIONS, GELDINGS, AND MARES ALIKE ARE KNOWN AS 'MAIDENS'." Goldbart's...
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Animals - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Close relative of the pig, though its name means "river horse" The number of toes .... Armadillo is a small placental mammal that has a bony armor shell, carapace, ..... Pheasant, Golden or ring necked - From Greek, its name means "bird of the ..... Conch sea snail - Cameos are carved from the pink shells of this snail whose...
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Pre-Adamic Earth. - Discussion Board - Beliefnet Community  In 1986 Argentine scientists discovered the fossils of a plant-eating dinosaur in Antarctica. ... When the name was first coined from the Greek words meaning terrible lizard ... Hadrosaurs were apparently bipedal, walking or running on two legs. .... They knew that such high concentrations of this rare element could come only...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Nov 21, 2010 ... Until reaching this milestone, stallions, geldings & mares alike are known as "maidens". Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek.
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UWL Website - BioWeb Home  Order Squamata: Members of this order are characterized by the presence of horny scales ... Pit vipers are named for the presence of a two facial pits located on either side of ... The Genus Crotalus comes from the Latin word crotalum, meaning "bell" or "rattle", ... One of these Supergroups, the Unikonta, houses the animals.
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Timeline of evolution | Paleontology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia  4100 Ma, The surface of the Earth cools enough for the crust to solidify. .... Pikaia, a small swimmer and the earliest-known animal with a notochord, is believed to ..... the dawn bear (Ursavus elmensis) is the ancestor of all bears living today. It is the size of a fox, hunts in the tree tops, and supplements a diet of meat with plant...