Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Parahippus mourningi
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1913. New Anchitheriine Horses From: the Tertiary of the Great Basin Area. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 7(22):419-434
Belongs to Archaeohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Bode 1934, Bode 1935, Boessenecker 2011, Macdonald 1992, Matthew 1932, Merriam 1913, Osborn 1918, Schlaikjer 1937 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Archaeohippus blackbergi, Archaeohippus mannulus, Archaeohippus minimus, Archaeohippus penultimus, Archaeohippus stenolophus, Archaeohippus ultimus
Type specimen: UCMP 19840, a maxilla ( a portion of a maxillary with milk dentition and M1)
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (12: California collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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