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Equus altidens

Mammals

Equus altidens is an extinct equine native to western Eurasia, including Europe, from the Early Pleistocene to the early Middle Pleistocene. It was first described in 1915 from the Sussenborn locality in Germany. It was a medium-sized equine with a body mass of about 338 to 374 kilograms and the most slender limbs of the stenonine equines, which are thought to be closer to zebras and asses than to true horses. Its remains run from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy, Greece, Germany and Britain. It ate an abrasive, largely grazing diet in arid, open habitats, and cut marks at Fuente Nueva-3 in Spain show that archaic humans butchered it. The Orce Man skull from Spain was later identified as a juvenile of this species.

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Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
No 1
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Body Size Band
Large 1
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Child Taxon Of

Equidae, Taxa
Source Wikipedia: Equus (genus)
Equus, Taxa
Source Wikipedia: Equus (genus)
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Germany

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Source Equus altidens (Wikipedia)Taxonomy
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from fossilised remains at the early Middle Pleistocene Sussenborn locality in Germany.
Greece

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Source Equus altidens (Wikipedia)Distribution and chronology
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spanning from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy and Greece, northwards to Germany and Britain
Italy

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Source Equus altidens (Wikipedia)Distribution and chronology
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spanning from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy and Greece, northwards to Germany and Britain
Spain

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Source Equus altidens (Wikipedia)Relationship with humans, where it lives
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At the Fuente Nueva-3 site in Spain, during the late Early Pleistocene around 1.2 million years ago
United Kingdom

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Source Equus altidens (Wikipedia)Distribution and chronology
Quote, Distribution and chronology
spanning from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy and Greece, northwards to Germany and Britain
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1. Equus altidens (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    is an extinct species of equine native to western Eurasia including Europe during the Early Pleistocene to early Middle Pleistocene.
  • Ecology
    Equus altidens is thought to have primarily inhabited arid, open habitats.
  • Ecology, diet
    Equus altidens had an abrasive, largely grazing based diet
  • Description
    an estimated body mass of around 338-374 kilograms (745-825 lb)
  • Relationship with humans
    cut marks found on bones indicate butchery of Equus altidens by archaic humans
  • Relationship with humans, where it lives
    At the Fuente Nueva-3 site in Spain, during the late Early Pleistocene around 1.2 million years ago
  • Distribution and chronology
    spanning from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy and Greece, northwards to Germany and Britain
  • Taxonomy
    from fossilised remains at the early Middle Pleistocene Sussenborn locality in Germany.
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Wikipedia: Equus (genus)
  • 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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