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 Miohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Osborn 1918 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Miohippus anceps, Miohippus annectens, Miohippus assiniboiensis, Miohippus condoni, Miohippus equiceps, Miohippus equinanus, Miohippus gidleyi, Miohippus grandis, Miohippus intermedius, Miohippus longicristis, Miohippus obliquidens, Miohippus primus, Miohippus quartus, Miohippus taxus
Type specimen: AMNH 13808, a partial skull (Upper teeth and skull fragments)
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Idaho, Montana)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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