Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Merychippus secundus

Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1918. Equidae of the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene of North America, iconographic type revision. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 2(1):1-217

Belongs to Merychippus (Protohippus) according to R. A. Stirton 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 14179, a partial skeleton (Fragments of upper and lower jaws with most of the teeth and parts of skeleton)

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merychippus (Protohippus) secundus in the database

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