Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative spelling: Achitherium
Parent taxon: Anchitheriinae according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, de Blanchini and Blanchini 1971, Douglass 1899, Forsten 1975, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Leidy 1869, Leidy 1873, MacFadden 2009, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Scott 1913 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anchitherium (Hypohippus) Anchitherium (Parahippus) Anchitherium aurelianense Anchitherium clarencei Anchitherium hypohippoides Anchitherium navasotae Anchitherium zitteli
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (2 collections)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (6), France (21), Germany (10), Greece (1), Panama (3), Poland (3), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (12), Switzerland (4), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (14: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
• Neogene of Ukraine (1)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)
Total: 91 collections including 95 occurrences
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