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Equus conversidens

Equus conversidens
Temporal range: 2.588–0.009 Ma
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Equus conversidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: E. conversidens
Binomial name
Equus conversidens
Owen, 1863

Equus conversidens (Owen 1869), or the Mexican horse, is a species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.

Fossils found in Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Florida have been identified as Equus conversidens. In January 1963, a partial skeleton of Equus conversidens was found in the city of Canyon, Texas in a white clay bed during the excavation of a basement. The species was medium to small-sized.


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