Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Anchitheriinae according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Type: Anchitherium (Hypohippus) affinis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene of Canada (7: Saskatchewan), China (1), United States (101: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 111 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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