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... Miocene epoch ( 23.7 to 5.3 million years ago ) . Merychippus descended from the earlier genus Parahippus , and a complete evo- lutionary series is known between the two forms . The tooth pattern in Merychippus is basical- ly the same ...
... Miocene epoch ( 23.7 to 5.3 million years ago ) . Merychippus descended from the earlier genus Parahippus , and a complete evo- lutionary series is known between the two forms . The tooth pattern in Merychippus is basical- ly the same ...
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... Miocene epoch , major worldwide division of the Tertiary period that extended from 23.7 to 5.3 million years ago . It is often divided into the Early Miocene epoch ( 23.7 to 16.6 million years ago ) , the Middle Miocene epoch ( 16.6 to ...
... Miocene epoch , major worldwide division of the Tertiary period that extended from 23.7 to 5.3 million years ago . It is often divided into the Early Miocene epoch ( 23.7 to 16.6 million years ago ) , the Middle Miocene epoch ( 16.6 to ...
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... Miocene deposits in North America and Asia ( the Miocene Epoch began 26,000 , - 000 years ago and lasted 19,000,000 years ) . Moropus was as large as a modern horse , but , unlike other perissodactyls , it had claws in- Moropus skeleton ...
... Miocene deposits in North America and Asia ( the Miocene Epoch began 26,000 , - 000 years ago and lasted 19,000,000 years ) . Moropus was as large as a modern horse , but , unlike other perissodactyls , it had claws in- Moropus skeleton ...
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