Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Merychippus (Protohippus) primus, Merychippus insignis primus, Merychippus isonesus primus
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1918. Equidae of the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene of North America, iconographic type revision. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 2(1):1-217
Belongs to Merychippus according to V. M. Bravo-Cuevas and I. FerrusquÃa-Villafranca 2006
See also Dougherty 1940, Kelly 1995, MacFadden 1998, Matthew 1924, Osborn 1918 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Merychippus (Merychippus), Merychippus (Protohippus), Merychippus brevidontus, Merychippus calamarius, Merychippus californicus, Merychippus coloradense, Merychippus eohipparion, Merychippus eoplacidus, Merychippus gunteri, Merychippus insignis, Merychippus isonesus secundus, Merychippus labrosus, Merychippus missouriensis, Merychippus patruus, Merychippus proparvulus, Merychippus quartus, Merychippus quintus, Merychippus relictus, Merychippus republicanus, Merychippus sejunctus, Merychippus seversus, Merychippus stevensi
Type specimen: AMNH 14187, a set of teeth (Upper grinding teeth, P2-M3)
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (9: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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