Neohipparion gidleyi Merriam 1915 (hipparionine horse)

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

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