Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1907. Revision of the Miocene and Pliocene Equidae of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(35):865-934
Belongs to Parahippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Gidley 1907, Osborn 1918, Schlaikjer 1937 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Parahippus pawniensis atavus
Type specimen: AMNH 9805, a partial skeleton (The upper and lower cheek teeth of one side, and fragments of the skeleton, including parts of the feet. ). Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Oregon, South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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