Made up by Othniel C. Marsh in 1874 from animal fossils he picked up scattered across the world, not from the same location. (He arranged them in the order he thought it happened)
He arranged them based on their
stratigraphy
2. Modern horses are found in layers with and lower than anciect horses.
Any examples of this?
3. The "ancient horse" is not a horse at all, it's a hyrax still alive in South America today. Ribs toes and teeth are different.
This ancient horse is probably referring to Hyracotherium:
A hyrax is quite different:
Images and info can be found at
T.O
Incidentally, I hope whoever wrote that in another forum credited its author,
Kent Hovind
This message has been edited by Modulous, Sat, 04-February-2006 12:08 AM