Archaeohippus minimus Douglass 1899

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Achitherium minimus, Anchitherium minimus, Parahippus minimus

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1899. The Neocene Lake Beds of Western Montana and Descriptions of Some New Vertebrates from the Loup Fork. 1-27

Belongs to Archaeohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Dingus 1990, Douglass 1899, Downs 1956, Macdonald 1992, Osborn 1918, Schlaikjer 1937, Stirton 1940, Storer 1975 and Tabrum and Nichols 2001

Sister taxa: Archaeohippus blackbergi, Archaeohippus mannulus, Archaeohippus mourningi, Archaeohippus penultimus, Archaeohippus stenolophus, Archaeohippus ultimus

Distribution: found only at Railroad Canyon (Miocene of Idaho)

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