Equus conversidens, the Mexican horse, was a Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America. Its holotype, a partial palate, came from Pleistocene deposits northeast of Mexico City, and in January 1963 a partial skeleton was found in a white clay bed during a basement excavation in Canyon, Texas. Dalquest and Hughes interpreted the species as medium to small-sized and added records from Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Florida, treating several other named forms as the same species. Its validity has been challenged because it has little diagnostic value, and a 2017 study argued that it is not a member of the genus Equus.
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The holotype of Equus conversidens, a partial palate, was unearthed in Pleistocene deposits northeast of Mexico City, Mexico.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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added additional records of the species from Texas (including a skeleton from Slaton), Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Florida
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was a Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.
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who interpreted the species as medium to small-sized
Lead, where it lives
The holotype of Equus conversidens, a partial palate, was unearthed in Pleistocene deposits northeast of Mexico City, Mexico.
Lead, where it lives (2)
added additional records of the species from Texas (including a skeleton from Slaton), Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Florida
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Child Taxon Of: Equidae, Lead
genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
Child Taxon Of: Equus, Lead
genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
In Group: Odd-Toed Ungulates (Perissodactyla), Lead
genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
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