Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Synonym: Equus hatcheri Hay 1915
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1913. Notes on some fossil horses, with descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 44(1969):569-594
Belongs to Equus according to O. P. Hay 1913
See also Barbour and Schultz 1937, Harris 1993, Hay 1915, Hulbert 1995, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lundelius 1984, Morgan and Rinehart 2007, Stephens 1960 and Winans 1989
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 intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, 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, Onager onager, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Hippotigris grevyi, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Asinus africanus
Subtaxa: Equus niobrarensis alaskae
Type specimens:
- Equus niobrarensis: USNM 4999, a skull
- Equus hatcheri:
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), United States (10: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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