Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Calippus ansae, Pliohippus (Astrohippus) ansae, Pliohippus ansae, Protohippus ansae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and R. A. Stirton. 1930. Equidae from the Pliocene of Texas. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(17):349-396
Belongs to Astrohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Bennett 1979, Dalquest 1983, Hesse 1936, Johnston 1937, MacFadden 1984, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Quinn 1955, Savage 1941, Stirton 1935, Stirton 1940 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 30225, a mandible (OOwer jaw with p2-m3 moderately worn.). Its type locality is Coffee Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Texas.
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (8: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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