Equus niobrarensis

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Equus niobrarensis
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: incertae sedis
Species:
†E. niobrarensis
Binomial name
†Equus niobrarensis
Hay 1913 [1]
Subspecies
Synonyms [4]

† Equus scotti

Equus niobrarensis (or commonly, Niobrara horse) [5] is an extinct species of Equus , the genus that includes the horse. E. niobrarensis may be synonymous with Equus scotti . [4] It was "stout-legged" and belonged to the "big horses" category as defined by M. C. Winans. [4] The skull of the horse was noted as being broader than Equus caballus. [6]

Distribution

E. niobrarensis was native to North America and commonly found in western North America and dates to the late Pleistocene. [7] Fossils of E. niobrarensis were discovered at Dry Cave in New Mexico. [8] Another mention of an E. niobrarensis discovery was in Skeleton Cave, Oregon. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ O. P. Hay. 1913. Notes on some fossil horses, with descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 44(1969):569-594
  2. 1 2 Equus niobrarensis Hay in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/4969213 on 2019-01-17.
  3. ↑ "†Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 (horse)" (html). Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Equus Nomenclature". Utep.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  5. ↑ utep.edu Albuquerque Gravel Pits. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Edinger, Tilly (1948). Evolution of the Horse Brain. Geological Society of America. ISBN   9780813710259 . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Late Pleistocene Vertebrates from a Rockshelter in Cimarron County, Oklahoma". ResearchGate.net. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  8. ↑ "†Equus conversidens Owen 1869—Mexican Horse". Utep.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  9. ↑ Unknown (1940-12-13), "Teeth Belonged to a Horse Named Equus Niobrarensis", Bend Bulletin , p. 1
  10. ↑ Unknown (1940-11-25), "Ancient Teeth Found in Cave", Bend Bulletin , p. 1, retrieved 2010-09-22
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