Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Equus idahoensis
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1918. New Mammalia From the Idaho Formation. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(26):523-550
Belongs to Plesippus according to C. I. BarrĂ³n-Ortiz et al. 2019
See also Albright 1999, Downs and Miller 1994, Kelly 1994, Kelly 1997, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Merriam 1918, Repenning et al. 1995, Savage 1951, Schultz 1936, Shotwell 1970 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Equus (Plesippus) crenidens, Plesippus francescana, Plesippus simplicidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Froman Ferry (UCMP 3036), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: Nevada collections)
• Blancan of United States (15: California, Idaho, Nevada, Texas)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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