Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Hipparion sphenodus, Hippotherium sphenodus, Merychippus (Merychippus) sphenodus, Merychippus sphenodus, Neohipparion sphenodus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. A review of the North American species of Hippotherium. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 26(130):429-458
Belongs to Cormohipparion according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Cope 1889, Cope and Matthew 1915, Galbreath 1953, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Macdonald 1992, MacFadden 1984, Matthew 1909, Osborn 1918, Stirton 1940 and Woodburne 1996
Sister taxa: Cormohipparion (Cormohipparion), Cormohipparion (Notiocradohipparion), Cormohipparion emsliei, Cormohipparion fricki, Cormohipparion goorisi, Cormohipparion ingenuum, Cormohipparion johnsoni, Cormohipparion matthewi, Cormohipparion merriami, Cormohipparion occidentale, Cormohipparion plicatile, Cormohipparion quinni, Cormohipparion skinneri
Type specimen: AMNH 8281, a tooth (Crown of the second upper premolar, p2 of the right side)
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Colorado, Florida collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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