Neohipparion trampasense Edwards 1982 (hipparionine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Hipparion trampasense

Full reference: S. W. Edwards. 1982. A New Species of Hipparion (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(2):173-183

Belongs to Neohipparion according to R. C. Hulbert 1987

See also Edwards 1982, MacFadden 1984 and MacFadden 1998

Sister taxa: Neohipparion affine, Neohipparion eurystyle, Neohipparion gidleyi, Neohipparion leptode, Neohipparion sanjuanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kendall-Mallory, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial siliciclastic in California

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (4: Florida, Kansas collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of United States (19: California, Florida, Nebraska)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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