†Megahippus McGrew 1938 (anchitheriine horse)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: P. O. McGrew. 1938. The Burge Fauna a Lower Pliocene Mammalian Assemblage From Nebraska. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24(11):309-328
Parent taxon: Anchitheriinae according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Carroll 1988, McGrew 1938, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Megahippus matthewi Megahippus mckennai
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (34: California, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico collections)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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