Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Anchippus texanus, Parahippus texanus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some remains of extinct pachyderms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:230-233
Belongs to Desmatippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Albright 1991, Albright 1999, Albright et al. 2019, Forsten 1975, Gidley 1904, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Leidy 1868, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Macdonald 1992, Osborn 1918, Peterson 1906, Schlaikjer 1937 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Desmatippus avus, Desmatippus crenidens, Desmatippus integer, Desmatippus nebrascensis, Desmatippus tyleri, Anchippus riparius
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Florida, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Florida, South Carolina)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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