Equus conversidens Owen 1869

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Asinus conversidens, Equus (Hemionus) conversidens

Synonyms: Equus barcenaei Cope 1884, Equus barcenoei Cope 1884, Onager zoyatalis Mooser 1959

Belongs to Equus according to M. T. Alberdi et al. 2014

See also Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1987, Cisneros 2005, Cope 1884, Cope 1893, Dalquest 1964, Dalquest 1979, Dalquest and Hughes 1965, Gidley 1901, Harris 1993, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1955, Hibbard 1955, Hibbard and Taylor 1960, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lundelius and Stevens 1970, Miller 1976, Mooser and Dalquest 1975, Morgan and Rinehart 2007, Quinn 1957, Skinner 1942, Skinner and Hibbard 1972, Slaughter 1966 and Winans 1989

Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris grevyi, Hippotigris robustus, Onager onager, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi

Type specimens:

  • Equus conversidens: IGM 403, a partial skull ( the maxillaries and part of the palate, with right and left P2-M3, of a small young adult horse)
  • Equus barcenaei: Its type locality is Tequixquiac, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
  • Onager zoyatalis:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (9: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan collections), Guatemala (1), Honduras (2), Mexico (13), Panama (1), United States (20: California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon , Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (1)

• Pliocene of Mexico (1)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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