Equus niobrarensis

Equus niobrarensis (or commonly, Niobrara horse)[5] is an extinct species of Equus, the genus that includes the horse. E. niobrarensis may be synonymous with Equus scotti.[4] It was "stout-legged" and belonged to the "big horses" category as defined by M. C. Winans.[4] The skull of the horse was noted as being broader than Equus caballus.[6]

Equus niobrarensis
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: incertae sedis
Species:
†E. niobrarensis
Binomial name
†Equus niobrarensis
Hay 1913[1]
Subspecies
  • Equus niobrarensis alaskae Winans[2][3]
  • Equus niobrarensis niobrarensis [2]
Synonyms[4]

†Equus scotti

Distribution

E. niobrarensis was native to North America and commonly found in western North America and dates to the late Pleistocene.[7] Fossils of E. niobrarensis were discovered at Dry Cave in Wisconsin.[8] Another mention of an E. niobrarensis discovery was in Skeleton Cave, Oregon.[9][10]

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References
  1. O. P. Hay. 1913. Notes on some fossil horses, with descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 44(1969):569-594
  2. Equus niobrarensis Hay in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/4969213 on 2019-01-17.
  3. "†Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 (horse)" (html). Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. "Equus Nomenclature". Utep.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  5. utep.edu Albuquerque Gravel Pits. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  6. "Evolution of the Horse Brain". Books.Google.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  7. "Late Pleistocene Vertebrates from a Rockshelter in Cimarron County, Oklahoma" (PDF). ResearchGate.net. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  8. "†Equus conversidens Owen 1869—Mexican Horse". Utep.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  9. Unknown (1940-12-13), "Teeth Belonged to a Horse Named Equus Niobrarensis", Bend Bulletin, p. 1
  10. Unknown (1940-11-25), "Ancient Teeth Found in Cave", Bend Bulletin, p. 1, retrieved 2010-09-22
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