Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Mesohippus stenolophus
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1905. Fossil horses of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Assiniboia. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 2 11(4):43-52
Belongs to Archaeohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Lambe 1905, Lambe 1908, Macdonald 1992, Osborn 1918, Stirton 1940 and Storer and Bryant 1993
Sister taxa: Archaeohippus blackbergi, Archaeohippus mannulus, Archaeohippus minimus, Archaeohippus mourningi, Archaeohippus penultimus, Archaeohippus ultimus
Type specimen: Ottawa Mus6302, a tooth (first left upper molar, unworn).
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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