Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1875. Notice of new Tertiary mammals, IV. American Journal of Science, series 3 9(51):239-250
Parent taxon: Anchitheriinae according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Gidley 1907, Johnson 1966, Lambe 1908, Marsh 1875, Osborn and Wortman 1895, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Scott 1913 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Mesohippus bairdi Mesohippus barbouri Mesohippus celer Mesohippus cuneatus Mesohippus exoletus Mesohippus latidens Mesohippus propinquus Mesohippus texanus Mesohippus westoni
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (26: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (8: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (41: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 78 collections including 84 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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