Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Parahippus penultimus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210
Belongs to Archaeohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Bode 1934, Matthew 1924, Matthew 1932 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Archaeohippus blackbergi, Archaeohippus mannulus, Archaeohippus minimus, Archaeohippus mourningi, Archaeohippus stenolophus, Archaeohippus ultimus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: Nebraska collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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