Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: J. H. Quinn. 1955. Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas Report of Investigations 5516:1-102
Parent taxon: Equini according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Kelly 1995, MacFadden 1986, Prado and Alberdi 1996, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Quinn 1955
Sister taxa: Allohippus, Boreohippidion, Calippus, Equus, Heteropliohippus, Hippidion, Parapliohippus, Plesippus, Pliohippina, Pliohippus, Protohippina, Protohippus
Subtaxa: Dinohippus interpolatus Dinohippus leardi Dinohippus leidyanus Dinohippus mexicanus Dinohippus osborni Dinohippus spectans Dinohippus subvenus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (2 collections), United States (4: California, Nevada)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Costa Rica (1), Mexico (24), United States (77: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, Oklahoma)
• Miocene of Panama (1), United States (34: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah)
Total: 146 collections including 150 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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