Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Hipparion shirleyi
Full reference: B. J. MacFadden. 1984. Systematics and phylogeny of Hipparion, Neohipparion, Nannippus, and Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of the New World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 179(1):1-195
Belongs to Hipparion according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Hulbert and MacFadden 1991, Kelly 1995 and MacFadden 1984
Sister taxa: Hipparion (Proboscidipparion), Hipparion campbelli, Hipparion chiai, Hipparion concudense, Hipparion condoni, Hipparion crassum, Hipparion depereti, Hipparion dietrichi, Hipparion fissurae, Hipparion forcei, Hipparion gettyi, Hipparion gromovae, Hipparion laromae, Hipparion longipes, Hipparion macedonicum, Hipparion matthewi, Hipparion mediterraneum, Hipparion minus, Hipparion molayanense, Hipparion periafricanum, Hipparion phlegrae, Hipparion prostylum, Hipparion richthofeni, Hipparion rocinantis, Hipparion sellardsi, Hipparion sitifense, Hipparion tehonense, Hipparion theniusi, Hipparion weihoense
Type specimen: F:AM 73950, a skeleton (skull, mandible, and nearly complete associated postcranial skeleton)
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Wright Farm (Miocene of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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