Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Hipparion lenticulare, Merychippus lenticularis, Neohipparion lenticularis, Protohippus lenticulare
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136
Belongs to Nannippus according to R. C. Hulbert 1988
Sister taxa: Nannippus aztecus, Nannippus beckensis, Nannippus morgani, Nannippus peninsulatus, Nannippus westoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Goodnight's, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Goodnight Beds Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (12: Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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