Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus Lance 1950 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: J. F. Lance. 1950. Paleontologia Y Estratigrafia Del Plioceno De Yepomera, Estado De Chihuahua. 1A Parte: Equidos, Excepto Neohipparion. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, Boletín 54:1-81

Belongs to Pliohippus (Pliohippus) according to J. F. Lance 1950

See also Kelly 1998, MacFadden 1984, MacFadden 1986, MacFadden 1998, May and Repenning 1982, Morgan 1994, Quinn 1955 and Webb 1969

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIT 3697, a maxilla. Its type locality is Yepomera, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus in the database

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