Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Merychippus (Merychippus) republicanus, Neohipparion republicanus
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1918. Equidae of the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene of North America, iconographic type revision. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 2(1):1-217
Belongs to Merychippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Osborn 1918, Stirton 1940 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxa: Merychippus (Merychippus), Merychippus (Protohippus), Merychippus brevidontus, Merychippus calamarius, Merychippus californicus, Merychippus coloradense, Merychippus eohipparion, Merychippus eoplacidus, Merychippus gunteri, Merychippus insignis, Merychippus isonesus secundus, Merychippus labrosus, Merychippus missouriensis, Merychippus patruus, Merychippus primus, Merychippus proparvulus, Merychippus quartus, Merychippus quintus, Merychippus relictus, Merychippus sejunctus, Merychippus seversus, Merychippus stevensi
Type specimen: AMNH 8347, a partial skeleton (A complete skull, finely preserved, teeth one-fourth worn, with associated vertebrae and parts of fore limb)
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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