Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Merychippus (Merychippus) brevidontus
Full reference: F. D. Bode. 1935. Tooth Characters of Protohippine Horses with Special Reference to Species From the Merychippus Zone, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(5):39-63
Belongs to Merychippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Bode 1935, Downs 1956 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Merychippus (Merychippus), Merychippus (Protohippus), Merychippus calamarius, Merychippus californicus, Merychippus coloradense, Merychippus eohipparion, Merychippus eoplacidus, Merychippus gunteri, Merychippus insignis, Merychippus isonesus secundus, Merychippus labrosus, Merychippus missouriensis, Merychippus patruus, Merychippus primus, Merychippus proparvulus, Merychippus quartus, Merychippus quintus, Merychippus relictus, Merychippus republicanus, Merychippus sejunctus, Merychippus seversus, Merychippus stevensi
Type specimen: Its type locality is North Coalinga, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Temblor Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (14: California, Florida, Nevada, Oregon collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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