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 (Parahippus) cognatus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (52: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (10: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (6: California, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 69 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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