Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Plesippus fromanius
Full reference: C. A. Repenning, T. R. Weasma, and G. R. Scott. 1995. The Early Pleistocene (Latest Blancan-Earliest Irvingtonian) Froman Ferry Fauna and History of the Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwestern Idaho. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2105:1-86
Belongs to Equus according to T. S. Kelly 1997
See also Repenning et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Hippotigris grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Asinus africanus, Onager onager
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chalk Hills (GS-203), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (4: Idaho collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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