Boreohippidion galushai MacFadden and Skinner 1979 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Type locality is Wikieup (19612)

Alternative combinations: Hippidion galushai, Onohippidium galushai

Full reference: B. J. MacFadden and M. F. Skinner. 1979. Diversification and biogeography of the one-toed horses Onohippidium and Hippidion. Postilla 175:1-10

Belongs to Boreohippidion according to L. Dos Santos Avilla et al. 2015

See also Alberdi and Prado 1993, Kelly 1998, MacFadden 1997, MacFadden 1998 and MacFadden and Skinner 1979

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F:AM 100077, a partial skeleton (rostral portion of the skull with well-preserved dentition)

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Wikieup ( of Arizona)

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