Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Anchitherium ultimum, Miohippus ultimus, Parahippus ultimus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1886. On two new species of three-toed horses from the Upper Miocene, with notes on the fauna of the Ticholeptus Beds. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23:357-31
Belongs to Archaeohippus according to J. A. O'Sullivan 2003
See also Bode 1934, Bode 1935, Cope 1886, Gidley 1906, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, MacFadden 1998, Matthew 1932, Osborn 1904, Quinn 1955 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Archaeohippus blackbergi, Archaeohippus mannulus, Archaeohippus minimus, Archaeohippus mourningi, Archaeohippus penultimus, Archaeohippus stenolophus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (7: California, Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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