Plesippus francescana Frick 1921 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Equus francescana, Pliohippus francescana

Full reference: C. Frick. 1921. Extinct vertebrate faunas of the badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Canyon, southern California. University of California Publications in Geology 12(5):277-424

Belongs to Plesippus according to L. B. Albright 1999

See also Frick 1921, Gazin 1936, Kelly 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Savage 1951, Schultz 1936, Schultz 1937, Stirton 1940 and Winans 1989

Sister taxa: Equus (Plesippus) crenidens, Plesippus idahoensis, Plesippus simplicidens

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plesippus francescana in the database

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