Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Mesohippus assiniboiensis
Synonym: Mesohippus planidens Lambe 1905
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1905. Fossil horses of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Assiniboia. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 2 11(4):43-52
Belongs to Miohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Lambe 1905, Lambe 1908, Macdonald 1992, Osborn 1918, Prothero and Shubin 1989, Russell 1975, Stirton 1940 and Storer and Bryant 1993
Sister taxa: Miohippus anceps, Miohippus annectens, Miohippus condoni, Miohippus equiceps, Miohippus equinanus, Miohippus gemmarosae, Miohippus gidleyi, Miohippus grandis, Miohippus intermedius, Miohippus longicristis, Miohippus obliquidens, Miohippus primus, Miohippus quartus, Miohippus taxus
Type specimens:
- Miohippus assiniboiensis: Ottawa Mus6305, a tooth (second right upper premolar, p2, unworn).
- Mesohippus planidens: Ottawa Mus. 6304, a set of teeth (first and second left upper molars, worn).
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Anxiety Butte (SMNH 72F10-0049) (Oligocene to Oligocene of Saskatchewan)
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