Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1918. Equidae of the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene of North America, iconographic type revision. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 2(1):1-217
Belongs to Merychippus according to H. F. Osborn 1918
Sister taxa: Merychippus (Merychippus), Merychippus (Protohippus), Merychippus brevidontus, 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 quartus, Merychippus quintus, Merychippus relictus, Merychippus republicanus, Merychippus sejunctus, Merychippus seversus, Merychippus stevensi
Type specimen: AMNH 9394, a partial skeleton (upper jaws, vertebrre, hind foot, and parts of limb bones)
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merychippus proparvulus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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