Pseudhipparion hessei Webb and Hulbert, Jr. 1986 (hipparionine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272

Belongs to Pseudhipparion according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Webb and Hulbert 1986

Sister taxa: Pseudhipparion curtivallum, Pseudhipparion gratum, Pseudhipparion retrusum, Pseudhipparion simpsoni, Pseudhipparion skinneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is MacAdams Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (6: Texas collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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