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.