Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Anchitherium (Hypohippus) affinis
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Belongs to Hypohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Forsten 1975, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Leidy 1869, Osborn 1918 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is TMM 40282, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of United States (21: California, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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