Pliohippus coalingensis Merriam 1914

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Dinohippus coalingensis, Pliohippus (Pliohippus) coalingensis, Protohippus coalingensis

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1914. Correlation Between the Tertiary of the Great Basin and That of the Marginal Marine Province in California. Science 40(1035):643-645

Belongs to Pliohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also James 1963, Kelly 1998, Kelly and Lander 1988, Macdonald 1992, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Merriam 1914, Merriam 1914, Merriam 1919, Osborn 1918, Stirton 1940 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Pliohippus (Astrohippus), Pliohippus (Pliohippus), Pliohippus bakeri, Pliohippus fossulatus, Pliohippus gracilis, Pliohippus mirabilis, Pliohippus nobilis, Pliohippus pernix, Pliohippus potosinus, Pliohippus proversus, Pliohippus tantalus, Pliohippus tehonensis

Type specimen: UCMP 21341, a tooth (A fourth superior premolar, p4, of the right side). Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2073, Mack Pumping Plant, site 2, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Etchegoin Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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