Archaeohippus penultimus Matthew 1924 (anchitheriine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Parahippus penultimus

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210

Belongs to Archaeohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Bode 1934, Matthew 1924, Matthew 1932 and Stirton 1940

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (8: Nebraska collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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