Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative spelling: Desmathippus
Synonym: Anchippus Leidy 1868
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1893. The Mammals of the Deep River Beds. The American Naturalist 27(319):659-662
Parent taxon: Anchitheriinae according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Albright 1991, Albright 1999, Albright et al. 2019, Cope 1881, Cope 1894, Forsten 1975, Fremd 1994, Gidley 1904, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Leidy 1868, Leidy 1869, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Macdonald 1992, Osborn 1918, Peterson 1906, Scott 1893, Scott 1913, Stirton 1940 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anchippus riparius Desmatippus avus Desmatippus crenidens Desmatippus integer Desmatippus nebrascensis Desmatippus texanus Desmatippus tyleri
Type: Desmatippus crenidens
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (30: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (5: Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Florida, South Carolina)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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