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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus : Equus excelsus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus : Equus excelsus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Equus |
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| Scientific Name | Equus excelsus (Leidy, 1858) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Equus excelsus | species | belongs to Equus | stated without evidence | Leidy, 1858 | | Equus excelsus | species | subjective synonym of Equus occidentalis | stated with evidence | Leidy, 1873 | | Equus excelsus | species | belongs to Equus | stated without evidence | Leidy, 1880 | | Equus excelsus | species | belongs to Equus | stated with evidence | Cope, 1893 | | Equus excelsus | species | subjective synonym of Equus complicatus | stated without evidence | Gidley, 1901 | | Equus excelsus | species | belongs to Equus | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Equus excelsus | species | belongs to Allozebra | stated without evidence | Trumler, 1961 | | Equus excelsus | species | belongs to Equus | stated without evidence | Mooser and Dalquest, 1975 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | grazer (based on Equus) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | 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 |
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| Leidy J. 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 |
| Cope E. D. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado, Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892, 11-136 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Schultz C. B., Howard E. B. (1935) The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87, 273-298 |
| Mooser O., Dalquest W. W. (1975) Pleistocene mammals from Aguascalientes, central Mexico, Journal of Mammalogy 56 4, 781-820 |
| Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442 |
Equus excelsus ✝
