Name - Merychippus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:491194 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Merychippus Leidy 1857

• Merychippus Leidy

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Morphological transformation and cladogenesis at the base of the adaptive radiation of Miocene hypsodont horses.
• Functional interpretation of locomotory adaptations during equid evolution.
• Biostratigraphy of the Mexican continental Miocene: Part 2, the southeastern (Oaxacan) faunas.
• Stable isotope compositions of herbivore teeth indicate climatic stability leading into the mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum, in Idaho, USA.
• Testing dental calculus as a means to determine paleodiet of extinct equid Merychippus sp.

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