Hyracotherium

Hyracotherium


 * The first fossils found were in England in 1841
 * It was described as the earliest known horse
 * The average Hyracotherium was a little over 1 foot tall and about 2 feet long
 * It had 4 toes on each of its front feet and 3 toes on each hind foot
 * It is a browsing herbivore that ate primarily leaves and some fruits and nuts
 * It was the earliest known horse
 * It lived between 60 and 45 mya
 * It had 44 long crowned teeth
 * It lived in the woodlands of North America and Western Europe
 * It ate soft leaves and plant shoots
 * Fossils were first found by a paleontologist by the name of Richard Owen in 1841
 * He first called it the "Mole Beast
 * Another name for this horse like structure was "Eohippus".
 * In elementary books, the Hyracotherium was know as the " The size of a small fox terrier"[[image:81270-004-3B7A77F2.jpg]]".