Sespia nitida Leidy 1869

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combination: Leptauchenia nitida

Synonym: Sespia marianae Schultz and Falkenbach 1968

Belongs to Sespia according to J. M. Hoffman and D. R. Prothero 2004

See also CoBabe 1996, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Lander 1983, Lander 1998, Macdonald 1970, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Scott 1940, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (21: California, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Nebraska, South Dakota)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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