Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Hipparion turkanense
Belongs to Eurygnathohippus according to T. A. Franz-Odendaal et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Eurygnathohippus afarense, Eurygnathohippus albertense, Eurygnathohippus baardi, Eurygnathohippus cornelianus, Eurygnathohippus hasumense, Eurygnathohippus libycum, Eurygnathohippus namaquense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lothagam-Lower Nawata Mb., which is in a Tortonian/Messinian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Nawata Formation of Kenya
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Kenya (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (3), Tanzania (2), Uganda (14)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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