Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Nannippus tehonensis
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1916. Mammalian Remains From the Chanac Formation of the Tejon Hills, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(8):111-127
Belongs to Hipparion according to S. R. May 2019
Sister taxa: Hipparion (Proboscidipparion), Hipparion campbelli, Hipparion chiai, Hipparion concudense, Hipparion condoni, 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 theniusi, Hipparion weihoense
Type specimen: UCMP 21780, a tooth (A right superior molar; m1?)
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (7: Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (28: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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