Equus excelsus Leidy 1858 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combination: Allozebra excelsus

Synonyms: Asinus aguascalentensis Mooser 1959, Equus aguascalientensis Mooser 1959, Onager arellanoi Mooser 1959, Onager hibbardi Mooser 1959

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89

Belongs to Equus according to E. D. Cope 1893

See also Gidley 1901, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1858, Leidy 1873, Mooser and Dalquest 1975 and Schultz and Howard 1935

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 conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, 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 excelsus: Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
  • Asinus aguascalentensis: FC 21-32, a set of teeth.
  • Onager arellanoi:
  • Onager hibbardi:

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (6: Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Pliocene of Mexico (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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