Pliolophus vulpiceps Owen 1858 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Hyracotherium vulpiceps

Belongs to Pliolophus according to C. Bronnert et al. 2017

See also Cooper 1932, Froehlich 2002, Hay 1902 and Hooker 1994

Sister taxa: Pliolophus barnesi, Pliolophus quesnoyensis

Type specimen: NHMUK 44115, a skull. Its type locality is Harwich (Harwich Stone Band), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Harwich Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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