Desmatippus nebrascensis Peterson 1907 (anchitheriine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Parahippus nebrascensis

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1907. The Miocene Beds of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming and Their Vertebrate Faunae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4(3):21-72

Belongs to Desmatippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Osborn 1918, Peterson 1907, Schlaikjer 1937 and Stirton 1940

Sister taxa: Desmatippus avus, Desmatippus crenidens, Desmatippus integer, Desmatippus texanus, Desmatippus tyleri, Anchippus riparius

Subtaxa: Parahippus nebrascensis primus

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Type specimen: CM 1440, a partial skeleton (a skull with the left mandible practically complete, the pelvis, the right femur, tibia, calcaneum, astragalus, and the proximal end of a metapodial of one indi). Its type locality is Niobrara Canyon, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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