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Equus alaskae

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Equus alaskae Temporal range: 2.588–0.009 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	Equus
Subgenus:	incertae sedis
Species:	†E. alaskae
Binomial name
†Equus alaskae Winans 1989^[1]
Synonyms
Equus conversidens leoni Equus niobrarensis alaskae Equus lambei Hay 1917^[2] Onager lambei Hay 1917^[2]

Equus alaskae was a Pleistocene speciesofhorse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.^[3]^[4]

Fossils found from AlaskatoMexico have been identified as Equus alaskae, and it has been referred to as the most common equid in the southwest of North America.^[5] The species was medium to small-sized, around the dimensions of a cowpony.^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

^ M. C. Winans. 1989. A quantitative study of the North American fossil species of the genus Equus. The evolution of perissodactyls 262-297

^ ^a ^b "†Equus alaskae Winans 1989 (horse)" (html). Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

^ "Fossilworks: Equus alaskae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

^ Lucas, Spencer G.; Zidek, Jiri (1993-01-01). Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico: Bulletin 2. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

^ ^a ^b MacNeish, Richard S.; Liddy, Jane G. (2003-01-01). Pendejo Cave. UNM Press. ISBN 9780826324054.

^ Teresa Alberdi, Arroyo-Cabrales, Marín-Leyva, Alberdi Polaco, María, Joaquín, Alejandro H., and Oscar J. (April 28, 2014). "Study of Cedral Horses and their place in the Mexican Quaternary" (PDF). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)