Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative spelling: Equus (Plesippus)
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. A new link in the ancestry of the horse. American Museum Novitates 131:1-2
Parent taxon: Equini according to C. I. Barrón-Ortiz et al. 2019
See also Forsten and Eisenmann 1995, Galusha et al. 1984, Hibbard and Riggs 1949, Kelly 1995, Kelly 1997, Kurten and Anderson 1980, MacFadden 1998, MacFadden and Waldrop 1980, McGrew 1944, Mooser 1958, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Repenning et al. 1995, Schultz 1990, Shotwell 1961, Shotwell 1970, Skinner and Hibbard 1972, Stirton 1940 and Winans 1989
Sister taxa: Allohippus, Boreohippidion, Calippus, Dinohippus, Equus, Equus proversus, Heteropliohippus, Hippidion, Parapliohippus, Pliohippina, Pliohippus, Protohippina, Protohippus
Subtaxa: Equus (Plesippus) crenidens Plesippus francescana Plesippus idahoensis Plesippus simplicidens
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (3 collections), United States (18: California, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
• Blancan of Mexico (7), United States (79: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), Romania (1), United States (2: California, Texas)
Total: 111 collections including 112 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.