Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla and Primates are extant mammalian orders that appeared abruptly at the beginning of the Eocene across the Holarctic continents 1, with little indication of their source.

Modern horses, rhinos, and tapirs belong to a biological group, or order, called Perissodactyla. Also known as "odd-toed ungulates," animals in the order have, as their name implies, an uneven number ...

Working at the edge of a coal mine in India, a team of researchers has filled in a major gap in science’s understanding of the evolution of a group of animals that includes horses and rhinos.

Here's what they discovered: Macrauchenia is a distant relative of horses, rhinos and tapirs, and together, they're part of a group called Perissodactyla. The animal's lineage and that of modern ...