Pliolophus barnesi Hooker 2010 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: J. J. Hooker. 2010. The mammal fauna of the early Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, London. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 165:1-162

Belongs to Pliolophus according to J. J. Hooker 2010

Sister taxa: Pliolophus quesnoyensis, Pliolophus vulpiceps

Type specimen: NHMUK M44910, a mandible. Its type locality is Abbey Wood, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Blackheath Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Abbey Wood

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