Hipparion condoni Merriam 1915 (hipparionine horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1915. New species of the Hipparion group from the Pacific Coast and Great Basin provinces of North America. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(1):1-8

Belongs to Hipparion according to J. E. Martin and D. C. Pagnac 2009

See also Macdonald 1992, MacFadden 1984, Merriam 1915, Osborn 1918 and Stirton 1940

Sister taxa: Hipparion (Proboscidipparion), Hipparion campbelli, Hipparion chiai, Hipparion concudense, Hipparion crassum, Hipparion depereti, Hipparion dietrichi, Hipparion fissurae, Hipparion forcei, Hipparion gettyi, Hipparion gromovae, Hipparion laromae, Hipparion longipes, Hipparion macedonicum, Hipparion matthewi, Hipparion mediterraneum, Hipparion minus, Hipparion molayanense, Hipparion periafricanum, Hipparion phlegrae, Hipparion prostylum, Hipparion richthofeni, Hipparion rocinantis, Hipparion sellardsi, Hipparion shirleyae, Hipparion sitifense, Hipparion tehonense, Hipparion theniusi, Hipparion weihoense

Type specimen: UO 672, a set of teeth (left p4 and ml )

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Babcock/Foisy Locality (Miocene of Washington)

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