Mesohippus

An older Miocene form, called Mesohippus, has three toes in front, with a large splint-like rudiment representing the little finger; and three toes behind.

Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900

"Near the base of the Miocene, we find a third closely allied genus, Mesohippus, which is about as large as a sheep, and one stage nearer the horse.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

You used the Hyracotherim, Mesohippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus, Equus to justify the missing links.

Wired Top Stories 2009

We headed out to a valley we call "Mesohippus Valley" after the first fossil ever found there and introduce the students to prospecting and set them loose.

Badlands Trip Notes: Part 1 ReBecca Foster 2008

We headed out to a valley we call "Mesohippus Valley" after the first fossil ever found there and introduce the students to prospecting and set them loose.

Archive 2008-06-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

The pes had a plantar pad as still found in the Mesohippus–Anchitherium lineage but not in more advanced Equids.

No joke: someone stepped in it - The Panda's Thumb 2006

The pes had a plantar pad as still found in the Mesohippus–Anchitherium lineage but not in more advanced Equids.

The Panda's Thumb: March 2006 Archives 2006

To the left is a smaller horse, a 17 million year old Parahippus from the Miocene, and to the far left is an even smaller horse, a 30 million year old Mesohippus from the Oligocene.

Pandas and Man at Harvard - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Three-toed horse, Mesohippus, about the size of a sheep.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

_Miohippus_, or lesser horse, which came after the Mesohippus and had only three toes on each foot, we find their remains in Europe, where they lived in company with the giraffes, opossums, and monkeys which roamed over these parts in those ancient times.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891