Equus conversidens

Equus conversidens
Temporal range: Pleistocene–0.009
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. 1.0 1.1 "†Equus conversidens Owen 1869—Mexican Horse". University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.