†Nannippus beckensis Dalquest and Donovan 1973 (hipparionine horse)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: W. W. Dalquest and T. J. Donovan. 1973. A new three-toed horse (Nannippus) from the late Pliocene of Scurry County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 47(1):34-45
Belongs to Nannippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Dalquest and Donovan 1973, Kurten and Anderson 1980, MacFadden 1984 and MacFadden and Waldrop 1980
Sister taxa: Nannippus aztecus, Nannippus lenticularis, Nannippus morgani, Nannippus peninsulatus, Nannippus westoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Beck Ranch, which is in a Blancan fluvial sandstone in Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution: found only at Beck Ranch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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