Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms: Amerhippus occidentalis Leidy 1865, Equus bautistensis Frick 1921, Equus occidentalis Leidy 1865, Equus pacificus Leidy 1868, Equus scotti Gidley 1900

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1955. Pleistocene Vertebrates from the Upper Becerra (Becerra Superior) Formation, Valley of Tequixquiac, Mexico, with Notes on Other Pleistocene Forms. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 12(5):47-96

Belongs to Equus according to M. T. Alberdi et al. 2014

See also Elftman 1931, Frick 1921, Gidley 1900, Gidley 1901, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1865, Leidy 1868, Leidy 1873, Lundelius 1972, MacFadden 1998, Miller 1971, Miller 1976, Quinn 1957, Savage 1951, Schultz 1938 and Scott 1998

Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Hippotigris grevyi, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Onager onager, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi

Type specimens:

  • Equus mexicanus: No48 (HV-3), Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, a skull (nearly perfect skull lacking the LM3).
  • Equus bautistensis:
  • Equus occidentalis:
  • Equus pacificus:
  • Equus scotti: AMNH 10606, a skeleton (a nearly complete skeleton (No. io6o6), consisting of the skull and lower jaws, the cervical ver- tebrae, the three anterior dorsal vertebre, both fore limbs an). Its type locality is head of Rock Creek, Mayfield Ranch, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tule Formation of Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (4), Nicaragua (1), United States (60: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah)

• Blancan of United States (13: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 82 collections including 84 occurrences

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