Subtribe Pliohippina Prado and Alberdi 1996 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: J. L. Prado and M. T. Alberdi. 1996. A cladistic analysis of the horses of the tribe Equini. Palaeontology 39(3):663-680

Parent taxon: Equini according to J. L. Prado and M. T. Alberdi 1996

Sister taxa: Allohippus, Boreohippidion, Calippus, Dinohippus, Equus, Equus proversus, Heteropliohippus, Hippidion, Parapliohippus, Plesippus, Pliohippus, Protohippina, Protohippus

Subtaxa: Astrohippus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Mexico (14 collections), United States (19: Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Miocene of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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