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2 lis 2018 · During the ice ages, there were two groups of horses that roamed North America. One group had broad foot bones, very much like the horses that are alive today. The other group, the stilt-legged horses, had much more slender foot bones.
Members of the genus are often referred to as stilt-legged horses, in reference to their slender distal limb bones, in contrast with those of contemporary "stout legged" caballine true horses. [3] Haringtonhippus fossils have only been discovered in North America. [3]
The extinct ‘New World stilt-legged’, or NWSL, equids constitute a perplexing group of Pleistocene horses endemic to North America. Their slender distal limb bones resemble those of Asiatic...
28 lis 2017 · The extinct ‘New World stilt-legged’, or NWSL, equids constitute a perplexing group of Pleistocene horses endemic to North America. Their slender distal limb bones resemble those of Asiatic asses, such as the Persian onager.
28 lis 2017 · Analysis of ancient DNA reveals a previously unrecognized genus of extinct horses that once roamed North America. A family of stilt-legged horses (Haringtonhippus francisci) in Yukon, Canada, during the last ice age is depicted in this illustration. (Illustration © Jorge Blanco)
2 lis 2018 · During the ice ages, there were two groups of horses that roamed North America. One group had broad foot bones, very much like the horses that are alive today. The other group, the stilt-legged horses, had much more slender foot bones. These foot bones look very similar to those of the living Asiatic asses,
28 lis 2017 · An international team of researchers has discovered a previously unrecognized genus of extinct horses that roamed North America during the last ice age.
