Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Mesohippus grandis
Full reference: J. Clark and J. R. Beerbower. 1967. Geology, paleoecology, and paleoclimatology of the Chadron Formation. Fieldiana 5(5):21-74
Belongs to Miohippus according to J. E. Storer and H. N. Bryant 1993
See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, MacFadden 1998 and Prothero and Shubin 1989
Sister taxa: Miohippus anceps, Miohippus annectens, Miohippus assiniboiensis, Miohippus condoni, Miohippus equiceps, Miohippus equinanus, Miohippus gemmarosae, Miohippus gidleyi, Miohippus intermedius, Miohippus longicristis, Miohippus obliquidens, Miohippus primus, Miohippus quartus, Miohippus taxus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Peanut Peak, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (4: Montana, South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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