Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Anchitherium celer, Miohippus celer
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1874. Notice of new equine mammals from the Tertiary formation. American Journal of Science 7(39):247-258
Belongs to Mesohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Clark and Beerbower 1967, Hay 1902, Kihm 1987, Marsh 1874, Marsh 1875, Osborn 1904, Osborn 1918, Osborn and Wortman 1895, Prothero and Shubin 1989, Scott 1941 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Mesohippus bairdi, Mesohippus barbouri, Mesohippus cuneatus, Mesohippus exoletus, Mesohippus latidens, Mesohippus propinquus, Mesohippus texanus, Mesohippus westoni
Type specimen: YPM 11302, a maxilla (superior molars, P4-M3, in a portion of the right maxillary)
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Ahearn (Eocene of South Dakota)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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