Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Mesohippus intermedius, Pediohippus intermedius
Full reference: H. F. Osborn and J. L. Wortman. 1895. Perissodactyls of the Lower Miocene White River beds. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(12):343-375
Belongs to Miohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Hay 1902, Macdonald 1951, Osborn 1904, Osborn 1918, Osborn and Wortman 1895, Prothero and Shubin 1989, Schlaikjer 1935, Scott 1941, Sinclair 1925, Stirton 1940 and Stock 1933
Sister taxa: Miohippus anceps, Miohippus annectens, Miohippus assiniboiensis, Miohippus condoni, Miohippus equiceps, Miohippus equinanus, Miohippus gemmarosae, Miohippus gidleyi, Miohippus grandis, Miohippus longicristis, Miohippus obliquidens, Miohippus primus, Miohippus quartus, Miohippus taxus
Type specimen: AMNH 1196, a partial skeleton (skull and parts of skeleton). Its type locality is Indian Stronghold (Protoceras Channel), which is in a Whitneyan fluvial sandstone in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (4: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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