†Protorohippus Wortman 1896 (horse)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 43021
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1896. Species Of Hyracotherium And Allied Perissodactyls From the Wahsatch and Wind River Beds of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 8(6):6-109
Parent taxon: Equidae according to D. J. Froehlich 2002
Sister taxa: Anchitheriinae, Duchesnehippus, Eohippus, Epihippus, Equinae, Erihippus, Gobihippus, Hipphaplus, Hypohippidium, Hyracotheriinae, Lophiopus, Minippus, Orohippus, Plesiohipparion, Pliolophus, Protohippinae, Sifrhippus, Sivalhippus, Xenicohippus
Subtaxa: Protorohippus montanum, Protorohippus venticolum
Type: Eohippus venticolus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore