Dinohippus subvenus Quinn 1955 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: J. H. Quinn. 1955. Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas Report of Investigations 5516:1-102

Belongs to Dinohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Azzaroli 1988, Forsten 1975, Hulbert 1988, Quinn 1955 and Webb 1969

Sister taxa: Dinohippus interpolatus, Dinohippus leardi, Dinohippus leidyanus, Dinohippus mexicanus, Dinohippus osborni, Dinohippus spectans

Type specimen: BEG 31132-333, a mandible (Right lower jaw lacking symphysis and ascending ramus). Its type locality is Bridge Ranch, Normanna, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Goliad Formation of Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Bridge Ranch, Normanna

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