Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Anchitherium gracilis, Epihippus (Epihippus) gracilis, Mesohippus gracilis, Orohippus gracilis, Pachynolophus gracilis
Synonyms: Epihippus (Epihippus) parvus Granger 1908, Epihippus parvus Granger 1908
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals from the Tertiary Formation. American Journal of Science 2(7):35-44
Belongs to Epihippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Black 1979, Dawson and Constenius 2018, Granger 1908, Hanson 1996, Hay 1902, MacFadden 1980, Marsh 1871, Marsh 1874, McCarroll et al. 1996, Peterson 1919, Scott 1945, Stirton 1940 and Westgate 1990
Sister taxa: Epihippus (Duchesnehippus), Epihippus (Epihippus), Epihippus uintensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (31: Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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