Eurohippus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range =

|image = Eurohippus with fetus.PNG

|image_caption = E. messelensis fossil with fetus (encircled)

|taxon = Eurohippus

|authority = Franzen, 2006

|type_species = †Lophiodon parvulus

|type_species_authority = Laurillard, 1849

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• †E. parvulus
• †E. messelensis

|synonyms =

• Propalaeotherium parvulum
• Propalaeotherium messelensis

}}

File:Eurohippus parvulus.jpg

Eurohippus is an extinct genus of equoid ungulate.{{Cite journal | last1 = Franzen | first1 = J. L. | doi = 10.1007/BF03043638 | title = Eurohippus n.g., a new genus of horses from the Middle to Late Eocene of Europe | journal = Senckenbergiana Lethaea | volume = 86 | pages = 97–102| year = 2006 | s2cid = 84192738 }} Its species were long considered part of Propalaeotherium and Lophiotherium.{{Cite journal | last1 = Franzen | first1 = J. L. | title = Eurohippus parvulus parvulus (Mammalia, Equidae) aus der Grube Prinz von Hessen bei Darmstadt (Süd-Hessen, Deutschland) | doi = 10.1007/BF03043493 | journal = Senckenbergiana Lethaea | volume = 86 | issue = 2 | pages = 265–269 | year = 2006 | s2cid = 82103770 }} A pregnant specimen was described in 2015.{{Cite journal |last1 = Franzen |last2 = Aurich| last3 = Habersetzer| first1 = J. L.|first2 = C.| first3 = J.| doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0137985|title = Description of a Well Preserved Fetus of the European Eocene Equoid Eurohippus messelensis | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 10|issue = 10| pages = e0137985| year = 2015 | pmid = 26445456| pmc = 4622040| bibcode=2015PLoSO..1037985F |doi-access = free}}{{cite web | url = http://www.livescience.com/48678-fossil-horse-foal-fetus.html |title= 47-Million-Year-Old Pregnant Mare Sheds Light on Ancient Horses by Laura Geggel| publisher= livescience| date = 7 November 2014|access-date= 8 October 2015}}