Erihippus tingae Bai et al. 2018 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: B. Bai, Y.-Q. Wang, and J. Meng. 2018. The divergence and dispersal of early perissodactyls as evidenced by early Eocene equids from Asia. Communications Biology 1(115):1-10

Belongs to Erihippus according to B. Bai et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V5789, a maxilla (right maxilla with DP4-M2). Its type locality is Lingcha, which is in an Eocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Lingcha Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Lingcha

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