Merychippus isonesus quartus Osborn 1918 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

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 isonesus according to H. F. Osborn 1918

See also Downs 1956, Macdonald 1992 and Stirton 1940

Sister taxa: Merychippus isonesus quintus, Merychippus isonesus tertius

Type specimen: AMNH 14184, a partial skeleton (Part of skeleton without skull parts or teeth.)

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merychippus isonesus quartus in the database

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