Equus excelsus Leidy, 1858
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Allozebra excelsus Leidy, 1858
Conservation Status
Extinct if valid
Last record: Late Pleistocene?
Distribution
USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Other references:
Azzaroli, A. (1998). The genus Equus in North America: The Pleistocene species = Le genre Equus en Amérique du Nord - Les espèces du Pléistocène. Palaeontographia Italica 85: 1-60. [Abstract]
Bravo-Cuevas, Victor Manuel and Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo. (2018). Advances on the Paleobiology of Late Pleistocene mammals from central and southern Mexico, pp. 277-313. In: Huard, Gaeten and Gareau, Jeannine (eds.). The Pleistocene: Geography, Geology, and Fauna. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Kirkland, Henry, Jr., Michael Davis, Janet Wood, Dustin Devine, and Kyle Giblet. (1997). Some Late Pleistocene Fossils from Washita Local Fauna. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 77: 113-115.