| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : Merychippus gunteri |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : Merychippus gunteri |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Merychippus |
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| Scientific Name | Merychippus gunteri (Simpson, 1930) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Merychippus gunteri | species | belongs to Merychippus | stated without evidence | Simpson, 1930 | | Merychippus gunteri | species | belongs to Merychippus (Merychippus) | stated without evidence | Stirton, 1940 | | Merychippus gunteri | species | belongs to Hippodon | stated with evidence | Quinn, 1955 | | Merychippus gunteri | species | subjective synonym of Parahippus leonensis | stated without evidence | Bader, 1956 | | Merychippus gunteri | species | belongs to Merychippus | stated without evidence | Forsten, 1975 | | Merychippus gunteri | species | belongs to Merychippus | stated with evidence | Kelly, 1995 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | grazer, browser (based on Equinae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. G. Simpson. 1930. Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(3):1-64 |
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| Simpson G. G. (1930) Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59 3, 1-64 |
| Stirton R. A. (1940) Phylogeny of North American Equidae, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 25 4, 165-198 |
| Quinn J. H. (1955) Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas Report of Investigations 5516, 1-102 |
| Forsten A. -M. (1975) The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision , Pearce-Sellards Series 22, 1-86 |
| Hulbert, Jr. R. C., MacFadden B. J. (1991) Morphological transformation and cladogenesis at the base of the adaptive radiation of Miocene hypsodont horses, American Museum Novitates 3000, 1-61 |
| Kelly T. S. (1995) New Miocene horses from the Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Badlands, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 455, 1-33 |
| MacFadden B. J. (1998) Equidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 537-559 |
Merychippus gunteri ✝
