Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Stylonus quintus
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 T. S. Kelly 1995
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 proparvulus, Merychippus quartus, Merychippus relictus, Merychippus republicanus, Merychippus sejunctus, Merychippus seversus, Merychippus stevensi
Type specimen: AMNH 14185, a partial skeleton (Upper and lower dentition and a large part of a skeleton)
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Merychippus Draw (Miocene of Nebraska)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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