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 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Subgenus: | incertae sedis |
| Species: | †E. niobrarensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Equus niobrarensis | |
| Subspecies | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
Distribution
editE. 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 New Mexico.[8] Another mention of an E. niobrarensis discovery was in Skeleton Cave, Oregon.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ O. P. Hay. 1913. Notes on some fossil horses, with descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 44(1969):569-863
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "†Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 (horse)" (html). Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Equus Nomenclature". Utep.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ utep.edu Albuquerque Gravel Pits. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Edinger, Tilly (1948). Evolution of the Horse Brain. Geological Society of America. ISBN 9780813710259. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ "Late Pleistocene Vertebrates from a Rockshelter in Cimarron County, Oklahoma". ResearchGate.net. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ "†Equus conversidens Owen 1869—Mexican Horse". Utep.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ Unknown (1940-12-13), "Teeth Belonged to a Horse Named Equus Niobrarensis", Bend Bulletin, p. 1
- ^ Unknown (1940-11-25), "Ancient Teeth Found in Cave", Bend Bulletin, p. 1, retrieved 2010-09-22