Calippus hondurensis Olson and McGrew 1941 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Calippus (Grammohippus) hondurensis, Pliohippus hondurensis

Synonyms: Calippus (Grammohippus) castilli Cope 1886, Calippus castilli Cope 1886, Merychippus castilli Cope 1886, Pliohippus (Pliohippus) castilli Cope 1886, Pliohippus castilli Cope 1886, Protohippus castilli Cope 1886

Full reference: E. C. Olson and P. O. McGrew. 1941. Mammalian fauna from the Pliocene of Honduras. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 52:1219-1244

Belongs to Calippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998

See also Carranza-Castaneda and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1994, Cope 1893, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Hulbert 1988, Kelly 1998, Macdonald 1992, Olson and McGrew 1941, Osborn 1918 and Stirton 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Calippus hondurensis: Its type locality is Rancho Lobo, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Gracias Formation of Honduras
  • Calippus castilli: AMNH 8344, a tooth (An upper molar of the left side).

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)

• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Honduras (3), Mexico (8), United States (4: Florida)

• Miocene of Honduras (3), United States (2: Florida)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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