Eohippus cristatus Wortman 1896 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Hyracotherium cristatum

Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1896. Species Of Hyracotherium And Allied Perissodactyls From the Wahsatch and Wind River Beds of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 8(6):6-109

Belongs to Eohippus according to R. A. Stirton 1940

See also Froehlich 2002, Gingerich 1991, Granger 1908, Hay 1902 and MacFadden 1998

Sister taxa: Eohippus angustidens, Eohippus borealis, Eohippus cristonensis, Eohippus resartus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (50: Wyoming collections)

Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence

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