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Miohippus|maɪəʊˈhɪpəs|
[mod.L. (O. C. Marsh 1874, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 3rd Ser. VII. 249), f. miocene a. + Gr. ἵππος horse.]
A small fossil horse of the genus once so called, known from North American remains of the Oligocene period, and now included in the genus Anchitherium.
1877T. H. Huxley in Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 294 Next [in the equine series] comes the Miohippus, which corresponds pretty nearly with what I spoke of as the Anchitherium of Europe. 1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. xvii. 325 In Mesohippus..and the somewhat larger Miohippus we find the beginning of a series of functionally three-toed horses. 1958C. L. & M. A. Fenton Fossil Bk. xxxii. 419 Mesohippus was followed by Miohippus, a larger and somewhat more horselike beast. |