Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: T. S. Kelly. 1995. New Miocene horses from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 455:1-33
Belongs to Acritohippus according to T. S. Kelly 1995
Sister taxa: Acritohippus isonesus, Acritohippus stylodontus, Acritohippus tertius
Type specimen: UCMP 65338, a partial skull (partial skull). Its type locality is Upper Dry Canyon 1, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Caliente Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (17: California collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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