Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1901. Tooth Characters and Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Equus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 14(9):1-60
Belongs to Equus according to J. W. Gidley 1901
See also Dalquest 1988, Dalquest and Carpenter 1988, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Hay 1902, Kelly 1994, Kelly 1997 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
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 fromanius, 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, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Onager onager, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Hippotigris grevyi, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang
Type specimen: AMNH 8616, a tooth (upper M2)
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas collections)
• Blancan of United States (5: Nevada, South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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