Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: M. O. Woodburne. 2007. Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia; Perissodactyla, Equidae), Late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 306(1):1-138
Belongs to Cormohipparion according to M. O. Woodburne 2007
Sister taxa: Cormohipparion (Cormohipparion), Cormohipparion (Notiocradohipparion), Cormohipparion emsliei, Cormohipparion fricki, Cormohipparion goorisi, Cormohipparion ingenuum, Cormohipparion johnsoni, Cormohipparion matthewi, Cormohipparion occidentale, Cormohipparion plicatile, Cormohipparion quinni, Cormohipparion skinneri, Cormohipparion sphenodus
Type specimen: AMNH 141219, a skull. Its type locality is June Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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