Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1905. Fossil horses of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Assiniboia. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 2 11(4):43-52
Belongs to Mesohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Lambe 1905, Lambe 1908, Macdonald 1992, Osborn 1918, Stirton 1940 and Storer and Bryant 1993
Sister taxa: Mesohippus bairdi, Mesohippus barbouri, Mesohippus celer, Mesohippus cuneatus, Mesohippus exoletus, Mesohippus latidens, Mesohippus texanus, Mesohippus westoni
Type specimen: Ottawa Mus6298, a tooth (second right upper premolar, worn, P2).
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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