Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Synonyms: Hesperohipparion Dalquest 1981, Neohipparion (Hesperohipparion) Dalquest 1981
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1903. The fresh-water Tertiary of northwestern Texas : American Museum expeditions of 1899-1901. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(26):617-635
Parent taxon: Hipparionini according to S. R. May 2019
See also Baskin 1991, Carroll 1988, Dalquest 1981, Forsten 1975, Gidley 1903, Gidley 1907, Gregory 1942, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Kelly 1995, MacFadden 1984, MacFadden 1998, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Mooser 1963, Osborn 1918, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Quinn 1955, Scott 1913 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Cormohipparion, Eurygnathohippus, Hipparion, Hipparion anthonyi, Hippotherium, Hippotherium sinclairi, Nannippus, Pseudhipparion
Subtaxa: Neohipparion affine Neohipparion eurystyle Neohipparion gidleyi Neohipparion leptode Neohipparion sanjuanensis Neohipparion trampasense
Type: Neohipparion whitneyi
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)
• Pliocene of United States (3: California, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Honduras (1), Mexico (21), United States (56: Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, Oklahoma)
• Miocene of Canada (8: Saskatchewan), Guatemala (1), Mexico (1), United States (57: California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 153 collections including 160 occurrences
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