Equus melkiensis Bagtache, Hadjouis & Eisenmann, 1984
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct if valid
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Algeria & Morocco
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bagtache, B., Hadjouis, D., Eisenmann, V., 1984. Présence d'un Equus caballin (E. algericus n. sp.) et d'une autre espèce nouvelle d'Equus (E. melkiensis n. sp.) dans l'Atérien des Allobroges, Algérie. C. R. Acad. Sci. 14: 609-612.
Other references:
Cirilli, Omar, Machado, H., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Barrón-Ortiz, C. I., Davis, E., Jass, C. N., Jukar, A. M., Landry, Z., Marín-Leyva, A. H., Pandolfi, L., Pushkina, D., Rook, L., Saarinen, J., Scott, E., Semprebon, G., Strani, F., Villavicencio, N. A., Kaya, F. and Bernor, R. L. (2022). Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene. Biology 11(9): 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11091258
Eisenmann, V., 2006. Pliocene and Pleistocene equids: paleontology versus molecular biology. In: Kahlke, R.-D., Maul, L.C., Mazza, P. (Eds.), Late Neogene and Quaternary Biodiversity and Evolution: Regional Developments and Interregional Correlations. Courier Forschungsinstitut, Senckenberg, pp. 71-89.
Faith, J. Tyler. (2014). Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa. Earth-Science Reviews 128: 105-121.
Marom, Nimrod et al. (2022). The Late Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Oumm Qatafa Cave, Judean Desert: taxonomy, taphonomy and palaeoenvironment. Journal of Quaternary Science. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3414
Wrinn, P.J., Rink, W.J., 2003. ESR dating of tooth enamel from Aterian levels at Mugharet el 'Aliya (Tangier, Morocco). J. Archaeol. Sci. 30, 123-133.