Desmatippus tyleri Loomis 1908 (anchitheriine horse)

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

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