Xenicohippus osborni Bown and Kihm 1981 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: T. M. Bown and A. J. Kihm. 1981. Xenicohippus, an Unusual New Hyracotheriine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Lower Eocene Rocks of Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 55(1):257-260

Belongs to Xenicohippus according to D. J. Froehlich 2002

See also Bown and Kihm 1981 and MacFadden 1998

Sister taxa: Xenicohippus craspedotum, Xenicohippus grangeri

Type specimen: UCM 40266, a mandible (left mandible fragment with P2–4)

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado, New Mexico collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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