Species Profile
Parahippus
Early grazing horse
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Parahippus lived during the early Miocene epoch (~24–17 million years ago).
Fossils were found in North America.
It marks an important shift toward open grassland adaptation.
Size & Structure
01
Medium-sized body
02
Enlarged central toe
03
Side toes reduced but present
04
High-crowned teeth beginning to develop
Parahippus — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed cerebrum
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Grassland grazer
Adapted to tougher vegetation
Early open-habitat runner
Economic Importance
Important fossil in horse evolution
Demonstrates grazing adaptation
Used in evolutionary biology studies