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Prehistoric Life

How tall was Hyracotherium leporinum?

An adult Hyracotherium leporinum stood about 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) at the shoulder.

What is measured: adult, shoulder height

Hyracotherium leporinum (40 cm) drawn to scale beside a bowling pin (38.1 cm) and an adult person (1.7 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Bowling pin (38.1 cm), Hyracotherium leporinum (40 cm) and Adult person (1.7 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as a bowling pin
  • About 2.7× as tall as a smartphone
  • About 24% of the height of an adult person
  • About 20% of the height of a doorway
  • About 4.7× the length of a credit card

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Facts about Hyracotherium leporinum

Hyracotherium was a small early horse relative with several toes on each foot, unlike modern one-toed horses.

Source: Natural History Museum, Eohippus; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eohippus

Prehistoric Life

NameSizeCompared with Hyracotherium leporinum
Beelzebufo ampinga40 cm (1 ft 4 in)same size
Hyracotherium leporinum40 cm (1 ft 4 in)this page
Paradoxides davidis45 cm (1 ft 6 in)1.1×
Archaeopteryx50 cm (1 ft 8 in)1.3×
Yi qi60 cm (2 ft)1.5×
Thylacinus cynocephalus60 cm (2 ft)1.5×
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica60 cm (2 ft)1.5×
Acanthostega gunnari60 cm (2 ft)1.5×
Meganeura monyi70 cm (2 ft 4 in)1.7×
Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis70 cm (2 ft 4 in)1.7×

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Which is bigger: Hyracotherium leporinum or Archaeopteryx?

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