Calippus (genus)

Calippus; Temporal range: Barstovian–Blancan; ~15.97–1.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Subfamily:	Equinae
Tribe:	Equini
Genus:	†Calippus; Matthew & Stirton 1930
Type species
	Calippus placidus; (Leidy, 1858)
Species
	C. martini Hesse 1936; C. regulus Johnston 1937;

Calippus is an extinct genus of hoofed-mammals in the horse family (Equidae), known from the Middle Miocene through the Early Pliocene of North and Central America. Fossils have been found in the central and Eastern United States ranging south to Honduras.[1][2]

References

Hulbert, Richard C., Jr. (1988). "Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-Early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences. 32 (3): 221–340.
Calippus Matthew and Stirton 1930 at fossilworks.org (retrieved 4 May 2019)

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[Hulbert1988-1] Hulbert, Richard C., Jr. (1988). "Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-Early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences. 32 (3): 221–340.

[2] Calippus Matthew and Stirton 1930 at fossilworks.org (retrieved 4 May 2019)