Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Hipparion gidleyi
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1915. New species of the Hipparion group from the Pacific Coast and Great Basin provinces of North America. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(1):1-8
Belongs to Neohipparion according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Hulbert 1987, Macdonald 1992, MacFadden 1984, Merriam 1915, Osborn 1918, Stirton 1939 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Neohipparion affine, Neohipparion eurystyle, Neohipparion leptode, Neohipparion sanjuanensis, Neohipparion trampasense
Type specimen: UCMP 21382, a tooth (·A third upper molar, m*, of the left side). Its type locality is Lawler Ranch, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Petaluma Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.