Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Epihippus agilis, Hyracotherium agile
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1873. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. American Journal of Science 5(29):407-410
Belongs to Orohippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Cope 1875, Granger 1908, Hay 1902, Kitts 1957, Marsh 1873, Marsh 1874 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: Orohippus (Aminippus), Orohippus major, Orohippus progressus, Orohippus proteros, Orohippus pumilus, Orohippus sylvaticus
Type specimen: YPM 1268, a partial skeleton (fragmentary skull, forelimb, and vertebrae). Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Henry's Fork
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