Cormohipparion merriami Woodburne 2007 (hipparionine horse)

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

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