Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse
"Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, ranks next to astronomy in the scale of the sciences."-Sir JOHN…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Secondary
Fishes abounded in the waters of the Primary or Palæozoic era, while air-breathing amphibians appeared towards its close; reptiles…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Cuvier
The discovery, in the early part of the present century, of the rich treasures embedded in the Tertiary strata of the Paris basin, and the…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Anoplotherium
Its contemporary, the Anoplotherium,¹ so called from its apparently defenceless state, is represented in the same Plate. This animal was of…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Australia
SOME EARLY MAMMALS Thus, the Tapir from Sumatra, or Central and South America, is the nearest living relative of the Palæothere; while, if…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Marsh
We pass on to consider the true fossil horses, as worked out by Professors Huxley and Marsh, and others. The modern horse, and that which…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Pliocene
During the later Tertiary, or Pliocene period, a vast development of the horse tribe took place, so that great numbers of these animals…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Osborn
A great deal of fresh material has been collected since the present writer, in the year 1894, published, in his Creatures of Other Days…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Hyracotherium
R and part of a fifth. It had a wide range in America and Europe. The next stage is seen in the Hyracotherium (see Fig. 88), also known as…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Hipparion
FIG. 89.-Skulls and bones of fossil horses showing evolution of the horse, from casts in the Natural History Museum, London. 1…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: History
South America had some peculiar horses of its own; for further information the reader should consult the Guide to the Horse Family, by Mr…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Evolution
FIG. 90. The Evolution of the horse. 1-5, ancestors of the horse restored in outline from fossil remains from the Lower Eocene to recent…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Owen
The first additional evidence which Sir R. Owen obtained of the true nature of this ancient mammal was furnished by a fossil canine tooth…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Coryphodon
SOME EARLY MAMMALS ridged and pointed grinding surfaces indicate that they were intended to be applied to the coarser kinds of vegetable…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Basin
BASIN WHITE RIVER BASIN MIOCENE. 'GREEN RIVER, BASIN EOGENE UINTAH BASIN EOCENE FIG. 93. Map of North America in Tertiary times, showing…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Dinoceras
A LARGE EXTINCT MAMMAL, TINOCERAS INGENS. EOCENE PERIOD. From North America. Length about 12 feet (without the tail). J. Smil SOME EARLY…
Some Early Mammals and the Story of the Horse: Brontops
In the country east of the Rocky Mountains, including the states of Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and part of Colorado, Professor Marsh has…