Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Eohippus venticolus, Hyracotherium venticolum, Protorohippus venticolus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On the Vertebrata of the Wind River Eocene beds of Wyoming. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):183-202
Belongs to Protorohippus according to D. J. Froehlich 2002
See also Cope 1881, Froehlich 1999, Gingerich 1991, Granger 1908, Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Robinson 1966, Stirton 1940 and Wortman 1896
Sister taxon: Protorohippus montanum
Type specimen: AMNH 4832, a partial skeleton
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (30: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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