Equus semiplicatus

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Equus semiplicatus
Temporal range: 2.588–0.009  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: incertae sedis
Species:
†E. semiplicatus
Binomial name
†Equus semiplicatus
E. D. Cope, 1893 [1]
Synonyms

Equus semplicatus was a Pleistocene species of New World stilt-legged horse, [2] and considered the type species for the stilt legged horses, one of three lineages of equids within the Americas, [3] the other two being hippidionid and caballine horses. [4] Now extinct, Equus semiplicatus once inhabited North America. [5]

Fossils found William's Cave in Texas have been identified as Equus semiplicatus. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ "The genus Equus in North America: The Pleistocene species". Palaeontographia Italica. 85. ISSN   0373-0972.
  3. ↑ Sandom, Faurby, Sandel, Svenning, Christopher, Søren, Brody, Jens-Christian (13 May 2014). "Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change". Proc. R. Soc. B. 281 (1787) 20133254. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.3254. PMC   4071532 . PMID   24898370.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Naundrup, Pernille Johansen; Svenning, Jens-Christian (2015-07-15). "A Geographic Assessment of the Global Scope for Rewilding with Wild-Living Horses (Equus ferus)". PLOS ONE. 10 (7) e0132359. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1032359N. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132359 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4503665 . PMID   26177104.
  5. 1 2 "Fossilworks: Equus semiplicatus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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