Equus livenzovensis

Equus livenzovensis Temporal range: Early Pleistocene 2.6  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossils of Equus livenzovensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	Equus
Species:	†E. livenzovensis
Binomial name
†Equus livenzovensis Bajgusheva, 1978

Equus livenzovensis is an extinct species of large stenonid horse that lived in Italy around 2.6 million years ago during the early Pleistocene epoch. It was a large species of Equus being larger than E. stenonis and E. stehlini . ^[1] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of E. stenonis or even an ancestor to it. Either way theses two species are closely related. ^{[2] [3]}

This species has limited remains and is only represented by a skull and a few dental remains. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Equus cf. livenzovensis from Montopoli, Italy (early Pleistocene; MN16b; ca. 2.6 Ma)". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
2. Alberdi, María Teresa; Palombo, Maria Rita (2013-03-04). "The late Early to early Middle Pleistocene stenonoid horses from Italy" . Quaternary International. Quaternary in Italy: knowledge and perspective. 288: 25–44. Bibcode:2013QuInt.288...25A. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.005. ISSN   1040-6182.
3. Gunti, Yamini (2021-03-09). "Rediscovering fossil equids 2.6 million years ago in Europe « Earth & Environmental Science# « Cambridge Core Blog" . Retrieved 2025-09-25.