Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: E. L. Troxell. 1915. The vertebrate fossils of Rock Creek, Texas. American Journal of Science 39(234):613-638
Belongs to Equus according to Troxel 1915
Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Onager onager, Hippotigris grevyi, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang
Type specimen: YPM 13470, a limb element (left metatarsal). Its type locality is head of Rock Creek, Mayfield Ranch, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tule Formation of Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (16: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (6: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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