Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1907. Revision of the Miocene and Pliocene Equidae of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(35):865-934
Belongs to Parahippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Gidley 1907, Macdonald 1992, Morea 1981, Osborn 1918, Schlaikjer 1937 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Parahippus coloradensis praecurrens
Type specimen: AMNH 9040, a tooth. Its type locality is Pawnee Buttes (Upper Beds), which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Colorado, Oregon collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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