Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Merychippus (Merychippus) sumani, Merychippus sumani
Synonyms: Merychippus (Merychippus) stylodus Merriam 1915, Merychippus stylodus Merriam 1915
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1915. New Horses From the Miocene and Pliocene of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(4):49-58
Belongs to Scaphohippus according to D. Pagnac 2006
See also Downs 1956, Gazin 1930, Henshaw 1942, Kelly 1998, Kelly and Lander 1988, Macdonald 1992, MacFadden 1998, Maxson 1930, Merriam 1915, Osborn 1918, Pajak, Iii and Vincelette 1991, Stirton 1933 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxon: Scaphohippus intermontanus
Type specimens:
- Scaphohippus sumani: UCMP 21422, a maxilla (right P4-M3). Its type locality is Barstow (UCMP 1398), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
- Merychippus stylodus:
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (11: California, Nebraska collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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