†Orohippus progressus Granger 1908 (horse)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: W. Granger. 1908. A revision of the American Eocene horses. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(15):221-264
Belongs to Orohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Granger 1908 and Kitts 1957
Sister taxa: Orohippus (Aminippus), Orohippus agilis, Orohippus major, Orohippus proteros, Orohippus pumilus, Orohippus sylvaticus
Type specimen: AMNH 12120, a partial skull. Its type locality is Twin Buttes (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Twin Buttes (Lower Bridger)
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