Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative spelling: Hipparion (Nannippus)
Parent taxon: Hipparionini according to S. R. May 2019
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Baskin 1991, Carroll 1988, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Kelly 1995, Kurten and Anderson 1980, MacFadden 1984, MacFadden 1998, Manning and MacFadden 1989, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Quinn 1955, Skinner and Hibbard 1972, Stirton 1940 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Cormohipparion, Eurygnathohippus, Hipparion, Hipparion anthonyi, Hippotherium, Hippotherium sinclairi, Neohipparion, Pseudhipparion
Subtaxa: Nannippus aztecus Nannippus beckensis Nannippus lenticularis Nannippus morgani Nannippus peninsulatus Nannippus westoni
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (4: Florida, Kansas, South Carolina)
• Blancan of Mexico (8), United States (59: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Mexico (8), United States (46: Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, Oklahoma)
• Miocene of Greece (1), Mexico (1), Ukraine (2), United States (34: California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 172 collections including 174 occurrences
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