Equus conversidens

Equus conversidens
Equus conversidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: †E. conversidens
Binomial name
†Equus conversidens
Owen, 1863
Synonyms

Equus alaskae, Equus semiplicatus[1]

Equus conversidens Owen 1869, or the Mexican Horse, was a Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.[2]

Fossils found in Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Florida have been identified as Equus conversidens.[2] In January 1963, a partial skeleton of Equus conversidens was found in the city of Canyon, Texas in a white clay bed during the excavation of a basement. [2] The species was medium to small-sized.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "†Equus conversidens Owen 1869—Mexican Horse". University of Texas at El Paso. http://www.utep.edu/leb/pleistNM/taxaMamm/Equusconversidens.htm. Retrieved May 6, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Walter W. Dalquest and Jack T. Hughes, “The Pleistocene Horse, Equus conversidens,” American Midland Naturalist. Vol. 74, No. 2 (Oct., 1965), pp. 408-417 Published by: The University of Notre Dame. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2423270.
Species of the genus Equus
Extinct species are marked †

Equus africanus  ·   Equus africanus africanus  ·   Equus africanus asinus  ·   †Equus africanus atlanticus  ·   Equus africanus somaliensis  ·   †Equus complicatus  ·   †Equus conversidens  ·   †Equus crinidens  ·   †Equus cumminsii  ·   †Equus excelsus  ·   Equus ferus  ·   Equus ferus caballus  ·   †Equus ferus ferus  ·   Equus ferus przewalskii  ·   †Equus francisci  ·   †Equus fraternus  ·   †Equus giganteus  ·   Equus grevyi  ·   Equus hemionus  ·   Equus hemionus hemionus  ·   †Equus hemionus hemippus  ·   Equus hemionus khur  ·   Equus hemionus kulan  ·   Equus hemionus luteus  ·   Equus hemionus onager  ·   †Equus hydruntinus  ·   Equus kiang  ·   Equus kiang chu  ·   Equus kiang holdereri  ·   Equus kiang kiang  ·   Equus kiang polyodon  ·   †Equus lambei  ·   †Equus namadicus  ·   †Equus niobrarensis  ·   †Equus occidentalis  ·   †Equus pacificus  ·   †Equus parastylidens  ·   †Equus pectinatus  ·   Equus quagga  ·   Equus quagga burchellii  ·   Equus quagga boehmi  ·   Equus quagga borensis  ·   Equus quagga chapmani  ·   Equus quagga crawshayi  ·   †Equus quagga quagga  ·   †Equus scotti  ·   †Equus simplicidens  ·   †Equus sivalensis  ·   †Equus stenonis  ·   †Equus yunnanensis  ·   Equus zebra  ·   Equus zebra hartmannae  ·   Equus zebra zebra