Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Calippus (Grammohippus) hondurensis, Pliohippus hondurensis
Synonyms: Calippus (Grammohippus) castilli Cope 1886, Calippus castilli Cope 1886, Merychippus castilli Cope 1886, Pliohippus (Pliohippus) castilli Cope 1886, Pliohippus castilli Cope 1886, Protohippus castilli Cope 1886
Full reference: E. C. Olson and P. O. McGrew. 1941. Mammalian fauna from the Pliocene of Honduras. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 52:1219-1244
Belongs to Calippus according to B. J. MacFadden 1998
See also Carranza-Castaneda and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1994, Cope 1893, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Hulbert 1988, Kelly 1998, Macdonald 1992, Olson and McGrew 1941, Osborn 1918 and Stirton 1940
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Calippus hondurensis: Its type locality is Rancho Lobo, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Gracias Formation of Honduras
- Calippus castilli: AMNH 8344, a tooth (An upper molar of the left side).
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Honduras (3), Mexico (8), United States (4: Florida)
• Miocene of Honduras (3), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.