Equus semiplicatus

Equus semiplicatus; 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. semiplicatus
Binomial name
	†Equus semiplicatus; E. D. Cope, 1893
Synonyms
	Onager semiplicatus (Cope, 1893);

Equus semplicatus was a Pleistocene species of New World stilt-legged horse,^[2] and considered the type species for the stilt legged horses, one of three lineages of equids within the Americas,^[3] the other two being hippidionid and caballine horses.^[4] Now extinct, Equus semiplicatus once inhabited North America.^[5]

Fossils found William's Cave in Texas have been identified as Equus semiplicatus.^[5]

References

^ E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136
^ "The genus Equus in North America: The Pleistocene species". Palaeontographia Italica. 85. ISSN 0373-0972.
^ Sandom, Faurby, Sandel, Svenning, Christopher, Søren, Brody, Jens-Christian (13 May 2014). "Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not climate change". Proc. R. Soc. B. 281 (1787): 20133254. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.3254. PMC 4071532. PMID 24898370.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Naundrup, Pernille Johansen; Svenning, Jens-Christian (2015-07-15). "A Geographic Assessment of the Global Scope for Rewilding with Wild-Living Horses (Equus ferus)". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0132359. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1032359N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132359. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4503665. PMID 26177104.
^ ^a ^b "Fossilworks: Equus semiplicatus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.