Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combinations: Asinus cumminsii, Equus (Asinus) cumminsii, Equus cuminsii, Equus cumminsi, Equus cumminsii, Merychippus cumminsii, Plesippus cumminsii, Pliohippus cumminsii, Protohippus cumminsii
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136
Belongs to Equus according to T. S. Kelly 1998
See also Akersten 1972, Cope 1893, Dalquest 1975, Frick 1921, Gazin 1936, Gidley 1901, Gidley 1903, Gidley 1907, Hay 1902, Kelly 1995, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Macdonald 1992, MacFadden 1998, Matthew 1909, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Merriam 1917, Osborn 1918, Quinn 1955, Schultz 1936, Skinner and Hibbard 1972, Stirton 1940 and Strain 1966
Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris grevyi, Hippotigris robustus, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Onager onager
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (11: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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