Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1931. Description of a new Mesohippus from the White River Formation of South Dakota. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 12:35-36

Belongs to Mesohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Prothero and Shubin 1989, Schlaikjer 1931 and Stirton 1940

Sister taxa: Mesohippus bairdi, Mesohippus celer, Mesohippus cuneatus, Mesohippus exoletus, Mesohippus latidens, Mesohippus propinquus, Mesohippus texanus, Mesohippus westoni

Type specimen: MCZ 17641, a skeleton

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesohippus barbouri in the database

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