Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Parahippus tyleri
Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1908. A new horse from the Lower Miocene. American Journal of Science 26(152):163-165
Belongs to Desmatippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Loomis 1908, Osborn 1918, Schlaikjer 1935, Schlaikjer 1937 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Desmatippus avus, Desmatippus crenidens, Desmatippus integer, Desmatippus nebrascensis, Desmatippus texanus, Anchippus riparius
Type specimen: Amherst College 1079, a partial skull. Its type locality is Agate (8 Miles NE), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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