Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
type locality is 18554
Full reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 32(3):221-340
Belongs to Protohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Hulbert 1988 and MacFadden and Dobie 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF 62473, a set of teeth (assoc. R P2-M3 and L P2-Ml.).
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (9: Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (6: Florida, Nebraska)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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