Name: Merychippus.
Meaning: New-look horse.
Grouping: Mammal,
Perissodactyl, Equid.
Informal ID:
Prehistoric horse.
Fossil size: Skull length
26cm/10Xin.
Reconstructed size:
Head-body length
1.5m/5ft.
Habitat: Open grassy
plains,
Time span: Miocene,
17-15 million years ago.
Main fossil sites: