Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Merychippus (Merychippus) westoni, Merychippus westoni
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1930. Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(3):1-64
Belongs to Nannippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Hulbert 1993, Simpson 1930 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Nannippus aztecus, Nannippus beckensis, Nannippus lenticularis, Nannippus morgani, Nannippus peninsulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cummer Lumber Company Phosphate Mine, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Florida
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Florida collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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