Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Merychippus (Protohippus) intermontanus, Merychippus intermontanus, Pliohippus intermontanus, Protohippus intermontanus
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1915. New Horses From the Miocene and Pliocene of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(4):49-58
Belongs to Scaphohippus according to D. Pagnac 2006
See also Dorr 1956, Kelly 1995, MacFadden 1998, Maxson 1930, Merriam 1915, Osborn 1918, Quinn 1955, Quinn 1987, Stirton 1933, Stirton 1940 and Woodburne and Golz 1972
Sister taxon: Scaphohippus sumani
Type specimen: UCMP 21400, a set of teeth (Complete superior molar series of right side, P2-M3). Its type locality is Barstow (UCMP 1401), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (35: California, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico collections)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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