Equus complicatus Leidy 1858 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Onager (Hesperhippus) complicatus, Onager complicatus

Invalid subtaxa: Equus americanus Leidy 1847 [replaced name], Equus eous Cope 1895, Equus major DeKay 1842

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, March 9th, 1858]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:11

Belongs to Equus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Gidley 1901, Gidley 1903, Hay 1902, Leidy 1847, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1858, Leidy 1860, Leidy 1873, Lundelius 1972 and Quinn 1957

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 conversidens, 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, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Hippotigris grevyi, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Onager onager, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Romania (1), Spain (1), United States (24: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

• Blancan of Mexico (1)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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